Source: NCSU'S COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 5/15/17
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
4.4 4.0 4.9 4.9 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT VS ST A SS Topsoil Moisture 0 8 63 29
Subsoil Moisture 1 4 78 17
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Barley 1 16 19 55 9
Corn 1 2 15 74 8
Oats 1 4 50 40 5
Pasture 1 4 23 68 4
Tobacco: Flue-cured 0 2 28 65 5
Wheat 2 10 23 58 7
VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent
CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS
This Week Last Week Last Year 5 Yr. Avg.
PLANTED: Corn 93 88 93 93
Cotton 31 15 35 42
Peanuts 25 N/A 26 31
Sorghum 25 10 19 N/A
Soybeans 19 N/A 22 19
Sweet Potatoes 13 N/A N/A 11
Tobacco: Flue-cured 73 58 74 78
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn % Emerged 93 88 93 93
HARVESTED:
Hay: First Cutting 30 20 N/A 18
COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Excess rain has ceased somewhat allowing field work to catch up. Strawberries have held up surprisingly well, perhaps due to cool temps. Tim Hambrick – Forsyth County Extension
Warmer, drier weather and soil conditions allowed good progress in planting corn and some early season vegetable crops. Rain late in the week did limit field activity somewhat with most areas of the county receiving between a half to just over an inch of rain with some localized heavier amounts. Hay producers are gearing up to begin first cutting hay harvest in the near future.
Stanley Holloway – Yancy County Extension
Rain continues to create problems for tobacco transplant, hay cutting and general crop planting. The condition of the wheat crop
is poor. Corn stunted and yellow. Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Recent large rain events have leached fertilizer from tobacco and corn in varying amounts depending on the soil texture. Rains have also been tough on the quality of the strawberry crop. Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
A few showers slowed planting. Good temps and wind have dried fields quickly. Soybean planting is moving forward. Oat harvest and first hay cutting may start this week. Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
Drier than expected week allowed for many farmers to catch up with planting. Anticipate all tobacco growers to be finished early
this week, and corn planting to finish by the end of the week. Cotton, peanut, sweet potato, and soybean planting will be full speed ahead. Wheat is drying down in the field.
Roy Thagard – Greene County Extension
Excessive rainfall (3-5") saturated soils and leached nutrients for corn and tobacco. Producers working to make nutrient
adjustments. Saturated soil condition also prevented planting of soybean and cotton. Approximately 5% of tobacco production will likely need to be transplanted again. Tomato Spotted Wilt evident in many tobacco fields ranging from 2-10% with 3-5% common. Mike Carroll – Craven County Extension
Planting picked up last week as wet soil conditions continued to improve. With warm clear days in the forecast for this week manytobacco farmers should finish transplanting. Sweet potato, cotton and peanut planting continue and should also progress well this coming week as a result of improved weather conditions. Brian Parrish – Harnett County Extension
Cool weather has kept strawberries blooming and fruiting. Growers are predicting harvest may continue into early June.
Blueberry harvest is expected to begin this week. Crop volume is a guess at this time as 100% of the early blossoming varieties are gone, some of the mid and late blooming varieties are gone and some were not damaged in the March freeze. Spotty rain
showers across the county have delayed getting the last Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
Growers are back in the field with many activities going on. Wet field conditions had delayed fertilizer applications, planting, and
spraying. Tobacco transplants have suffered from rains, strong winds, and cool temperatures. Leaf rust showed up late in a lot of wheat. Mac Malloy - Robeson County Extension For the full report, click here.
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