Except for a few brief periods, the state’s summer season is cooler and wetter than normal so far; a fact that has hindered crop production.

Last week the pattern continued as precipitation for the week totaled 2.82 inches, 1.83 above normal, and temperatures averaged 73 degrees for the week, 2 below normal, according to information from the NASS Kentucky field office’s latest crop report.

The rains have kept many producers from making their second cut of alfalfa hay while flooding conditions have caused some crop damage. Overall crop conditions remain good: Kentucky corn was reported to be 3 percent poor, 13 percent fair, 63 percent good and 20 percent excellent. Thirty-three percent of the crop had reached the corn silking stage, as of the July 6 NASS report.

Nearly all of the state’s soybean crop had been planted as of the same time. Planting stood at 95 percent, which is in line with the five-year average. Crop condition remained good with the NASS rating it as 3 percent poor, 15 percent fair, 67 percent good and 14 percent excellent.

Kentucky tobacco is entering the blooming stage with 10 percent of the crop reaching that point. Crop conditions stood at 3 percent poor, 20 percent fair, 66 percent good and 11 percent excellent.

Pasture conditions also remain relatively good. The NASS report rated conditions to be 4 percent poor, 19 percent fair, 61 percent good and 15 percent excellent.

Most of the winter wheat crop has been harvested; 93 percent to be exact, which is slightly ahead of last year’s average at this time, as well as ahead of the five-year average despite the wet weather.

Wheat producers here are expected to harvest 34.3 million bushels, if NASS projections hold. That would be a 5 percent decline from the 2014 crop; however, yields were expected to increase over last year by 2 percent, at 73 bushels per acre.