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NC Weather & Crops Report for the week ending July 2, 2017
Story Date: 7/6/2017
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Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 7/5/17
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 2 18 69 11
Subsoil Moisture 2 12 77 9
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
5.8 4.6 5.2 5.0
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apple 0 0 50 50 0
Corn 0 4 16 57 23
Cotton 1 5 19 66 9
Hay 0 1 27 63 9
Pasture 1 3 16 70 10
Peaches 11 8 62 18 1
Peanuts 0 2 12 74 12
Sorghum 0 1 12 83 4
Soybeans 0 2 14 77 7
Sweet Potato 0 1 32 62 5
Tobacco: Flue-cured 1 3 20 65 11
Tobacco: Burley 0 1 24 70 5
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:
Sorghum 97 94 96 N/A
Soybeans 93 89 95 90
Sweet Potatoes 93 88 95 92
Tobacco: Burley 92 83 92 97
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn % Silking 78 60 80 78
Corn % Dough 16 n/a 18 17
Cotton % Squared 53 39 39 52
Peanut % Pegging 32 18 18 30
Soybeans % Emerged 86 79 87 84
Soybeans % Blooming 12 n/a 11 n/a
HARVESTED:
Barley 96 89 93 n/a
Oats 97 90 93 n/a
Hay: Second Cutting 18 9 17 28
Peaches 26 20 29 25
Wheat 92 83 92 89
COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Rain this week is helping all the crops in the county although it is
delaying the planting of other crops. Pastures and hayfields
continue to flourish under these conditions.
Janice Nicholson – Rutherford County Extension
Weather and crops over the last week have been good with near
normal temperatures and rainfall near .50" Soil moisture is good
with good growth on pastures and crop plants.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension
Weather conditions for the week were warmer and drier. There
were a few scattered afternoon thunderstorms later in the week
that somewhat limited field activities; however, precipitation levels
were predominately light with most areas of the county receiving
between .5"-1" of rain. Hay producers have essentially finished
harvesting their first cutting. Earlier cut hay fields are looking very
good and it appears that it will be a good second cutting.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
Afternoon showers continue to help corn but slow some growers
from finishing soybean planting.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
Drier conditions later in the week have finally let farmers get back
on the land to finish fertilizing late planted corn and work on
finishing planting soybeans after wheat. June's wet weather is
producing excellent ear size and kernel set on many acres across
the county. Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
Bramble harvest is slowed due to showers.
Steven Dillion – Agronomist Region
Heavy TSMV in the county.
Della King – Sampson County Extension
Tobacco growers are beginning to top for sucker control. A lot of
disease pressures on vegetables because of the excessive
rainfall in the area. Pastures are still looking great for cool-season
grasses. Joey Knight - Caswell County Extension
Tobacco growers have just begun harvesting lugs last week. It
was dry here last week, so corn and produce are beginning to
suffer. Roy Thagard - Greene County Extension
Carteret -Scattered rainfall providing good growing conditions for
most crops. Corn, soybean and cotton crops progressing.
However, a few areas receiving excessive rainfall (1-2 inches per
rainfall event) saturated soils and limiting crop growth. Craven -
Scattered rains provide good moisture for rapid crop growth.
Mike Carroll – Carteret & Craven County Extension
Growing conditions for most all crops are very good at this time.
The tobacco crop ranges from some almost ready for first harvest
to just past lay-by, depending on transplanting date.
Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
Afternoon showers continue to help corn but slow some growers
from finishing soybean planting.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
First week without rain. Growers finishing up wheat harvest,
planting sweet potatoes and laying by tobacco. Early season corn
has benefited from weeks of rainfall and cooler temps this week
as it finished pollination. Almost half of the corn acres were
planted in May and have not started tasseling.
Tim Britton – Johnston County Extension
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