Source: USDA' S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 6/12/17

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 1 16 71 12
Subsoil Moisture 1 13 76 10
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus


DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
5.5 5.5 6.0 5.2

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apple 0 1 26 73 0
Barley 2 21 32 39 6
Corn 1 4 20 62 13
Cotton 1 4 27 63 5
Hay 0 2 33 59 6
Oats 0 3 46 49 2
Pasture 1 2 26 66 5
Peaches 7 3 52 38 0
Peanuts 0 1 11 84 4
Sorghum 0 3 15 80 2
Soybeans 0 5 20 73 2
Sweet Potato 0 1 27 69 3
Tobacco: Flue-cured 3 3 16 69 9
Tobacco: Burley 0 0 37 59 4
Wheat 2 9 27 53 9



CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS 
This Week  Last Week  Last Year  5 Yr. Avg.
PLANTED:
Cotton 94 86 94 96
Peanuts 90 80 91 97
Sorghum 73 53 73 N/A
Soybeans 68 57 66 63
Sweet Potatoes 64 39 63 57
Tobacco: Burley 65 50 69 81
PHENOLOGICAL:
Cotton % Squared 11 n/a n/a n/a
Soybeans % Emerged 57 42 54 50
HARVESTED:
Barley 51 24 41 n/a
Oats 53 22 34 n/a
Hay: First Cutting 78 68 81 86
Wheat 38 18 19 23 1
VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS

Weather has been good for getting the first cutting of hay made.
Corn and tobacco are looking good.
Julia Houck – Ashe-Allgehany County Extension

Producers continue to harvest and plant between the brief
showers that have occurred throughout the county. Corn is up and
soybeans are being planted.
Janice Nicholson – Rutherford County Extension

A few scattered thunderstorms limited some field activity for the
week, but overall conditions were warm and drier. Most of the
county received some rain but precipitation levels were light
mainly between .3"-.5". Hay producers made good progress
harvesting their first cutting hay; however, hay quality is starting to
decline as grass is becoming over mature. Burley tobacco
producers have completed transplanting.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension

Rainfall was near .50", which is slightly below normal.
Temperatures were below normal with cool mornings and warm
days for this time - period. Hay cutting is still in progress with a
good dry weather in latter half of period to cut, kick and bale.
Overall, things are good.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension

Franklin County's tobacco crop is looking good besides seeing
tomato spotted wilt in most fields. The cucumber crop is starting to
yield pickles. Pastures and hay land could use a little rain as well
as most crops. Charles Mitchell – Franklin County Extension

Rain showers have kept soybean planting and wheat harvest
behind. Corn looks good with plants tasseling and silking. Good
moisture has kept corn moving quickly.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension

After a week of dry weather growers are finally able to get back to
planting their crops. Tobacco, corn, soybeans are being planted.
Hay is being cut and baled and growers will start harvesting their
small grains. Robin Watson – Agronomist Region 8

More rain soybean planting is late some will get planted this
weekend. Finally drying out at the end of the week. Tobacco and
corn are in fair condition. 1st cutting hay crop is done but
regrowth is not far behind for a second cutting.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension

Frequent rain showers have hay and grain harvest running a little
behind, but corn looks really good so far.
Stephen Bishop – Cleveland SWCD

A great deal of Fire blight has occurred on apples and pears over
the past five years. Taylor Williams – Moore County Extension

Not much change from previous week. Wet conditions stayed
with us all week. Little to no field work was done because of
continuous off and on showers. Much needed sunshine appeared
Friday and Saturday, which hopefully will allow for field work to
resume early next week. Blueberry harvest is nearing an end.
Growers are reporting an okay crop and good prices. Question is
whether the supply will hold on until the NC Blueberry Festival on
June 17. Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension

A good bit of the corn crop in the region was silking last week
during the relatively cool weather for June. Some much needed
rains fell in areas which were suffering from dry conditions. Some
hail hit tobacco and corn in very isolated areas. Tobacco sucker
control materials will be applied this week. Overall, most crops
are looking good at this point.
Georgia Love – Agronomist Region 5

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