Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 6/19/17

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 3 19 65 13
Subsoil Moisture 2 15 70 13

DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
5.3 5.5 6.3 5.8
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apple 0 1 26 73 0
Corn 0 6 18 57 19
Cotton 0 3 23 68 6
Hay 0 4 30 62 4
Pasture 1 3 19 71 6
Peaches 7 4 73 16 0
Peanuts 0 2 17 73 8
Sorghum 0 4 10 84 2
Soybeans 0 2 18 75 5
Sweet Potato 0 2 23 72 3
Tobacco: Flue-cured 0 3 19 68 10
Tobacco: Burley 0 0 33 63 4
Wheat 3 10 27 45 15
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:
Cotton 97 94 97 98
Peanuts 95 90 96 98
Sorghum 90 73 86 N/A
Soybeans 81 68 77 73
Sweet Potatoes 80 64 78 73
Tobacco: Burley 74 65 74 87
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn % Silking 35 n/a 33 29
Cotton % Squared 26 11 11 15
Soybeans % Emerged 67 57 66 61
HARVESTED:
Barley 78 51 73 n/a
Oats 78 53 68 n/a
Hay: First Cutting 86 78 92 92
Peaches 13 n/a 10 n/a
Wheat 64 38 57 51 1

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Afternoon thunderstorms have hampered hay cutting. Crops are looking good. Julia Houck – Ashe-Allgehany County Extension

Brief showers this week give the county a break from the heat. Janice Nicholson – Rutherford County Extension

Localized heavy storms with some minor hail damage. Chris Leek – Agronomist Region

Numerous thunderstorms and rain events during the week limited field activities. Rainfall amounts were highly variable across the county; however, most areas received between 1.5"-2.5" for the week. Localized heavy thunderstorms caused some minor flash flooding in a few areas with little to no crop damage. Hay quality is beginning to decline rapidly as unharvested first cutting is over mature. The wet soil conditions have also hindered planting of various vegetable crops. Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension

Southern Appalachian Summer pattern set-up over the last week with scattered afternoon Thundershowers with .50'-1" rainfall reported across a widespread area, but some areas didn't receive much rainfall. Temperatures were near normal with humid conditions. Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension

Dry conditions throughout the region are causing problem. The lack of root system for most crops due to early season rains is beginning to catch up. Joshua Mays – Agronomist Region 9

Afternoon showers continue to delay planting of soybeans, but conditions remain relatively dry.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension

We had several valuable showers at the end of the week that came just in time for tasseling corn and emerging soybeans. Taylor Williams – Moore County Extension

Extreme heat drying up top soil moisture crops under stress due to heat. Gary Cross – Person County Extension

Corn is tasseling and looking very good. Most of soybeans look good. Irish potato harvest started this week and cabbage harvest is about 50% completed. Some reports of outstanding wheat yields. Soil moisture is adequate and is keeping the crops from suffering drought stress. Al Wood – Pasquotank County Extension

The area of Greene County missed many of the showers over the weekend, though they were all around us. Topsoil is starting to get dry, especially for corn production and soybean emergence. Tobacco growers are finding budworms above threshold and are spraying to manage suckers and target spot. Most growers reporting 70-85 bu/a wheat harvest. Roy Thagard - Greene County Extension

Rains have improved most crop situations. Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7

TSWV has hit Southern Part of the county. Della King – Sampson County Extension

The Week of June 4-June 10, parts of Wilson county received anywhere from a tenth of an inch or rain to over 4 inches. Danny Tharrington – Wilson County FSA


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