The annual southern migration of custom wheat harvesters will be a lot slower this year.

Pam Schmidt with U.S. Custom Harvesters inHutchinson, Kansas says crop damage in Oklahoma and Texas has meant less work for combine crews that travel around the two states cutting wheat.

The Oklahoma and Texas crops were hurt by drought and a late-season freeze. According to wire reports, Texas producers willharvest only a third of their wheat fields this year. Oklahoma officials say the crop there will be cut in half.

In the nearly 5 days of suitable weather for field work the week ending Sunday, May 24, Hoosier farmers planted an additional 31 percent of the corn crop and an additional 19percent of the soybean crop. And while last weeks progress brought corn planting to 55 percent complete and soybean planting to 25 percent complete, corn planting in the state is still 15 days behind last year and soybean planting is trailing last year by 6 days.

By area,corn planting is 71 percent complete in the north, 48 percent in the central region and 36 percent complete in the south.

Winter wheat is 73 percent headed and rated 77 percent good to excellent, the same rating for pastures.

It was another cool and wet week in South Carolina, with the rainfall delaying fieldwork or in some cases, stopping work entirely. According to the state office of the NationalAg Statistics Service, there have also been reports of lodging in small grains and disease problems in vegetables due to those wet conditions with 21% of the state reporting surplus soil moisture.

Nearly all of the corn has emerged and cotton planting is back on schedule butpeanut and soybean planting remains slow. Tobacco conditions are mostly good, cucumber and watermelon planting is just about complete and the peach harvest is underway.