Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 7/17/17

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 3 16 69 12
Subsoil Moisture 1 13 75 11
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus

DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
6.5             6.0              5.5             5.3 

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apple 0 0 41 58 1
Corn 1 2 17 57 23
Cotton 0 5 22 60 13
Hay 0 2 24 67 7
Pasture 1 4 21 64 10
Peaches 13 13 46 26 2
Peanuts 0 3 19 67 11
Sorghum 0 1 17 77 5
Soybeans 0 5 20 60 15
Sweet Potato 0 0 29 63 8
Tobacco: Flue-cured 3 5 21 63 8
Tobacco: Burley 0 1 35 62 2
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.
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn % Silking 93 87 92 93
Corn % Dough 53 35 57 57
Corn % Dent 21 n/a n/a 13
Cotton % Squared 79 69 81 84
Cotton % Setting Bolls 25 n/a 22 27
Peanut % Pegging 69 49 61 68
Soybeans % Emerged 97 92 97 94
Soybeans % Blooming 34 26 31 26
Soybeans % Setting Pods 12 n/a 12 10
HARVESTED:
Hay: Second Cutting 41 30 43 48
Peaches 40 33 45 44

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Growing conditions from pastures to crops are good to excellent.
Rainfall has been near normal with widespread 1" over the last
week. Temperatures have been slightly above normal with some
hot days.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension

Widespread afternoon thunderstorms predominated the week with
most areas of the county receiving between 2"-3" of rain. The wet
soil conditions limited field activity. A very small amount of second
cutting hay was harvested early in the week. Vegetable harvest is
picking up as early planted crops are maturing.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension

Corn crop doing very good due to optimum conditions during
silking and tasseling. Soybeans are doing well except for thin
stands in some fields due to packing rains. Cabbage harvest is still
underway, but nearing the end and still a lot of acres of Irish
potatoes to be harvested.
Al Wood - Pasquotank County Extension

Franklin County has been receiving hit and miss showers over the
last week. It has turned extremely warm and tobacco and beans
are suffering. The tobacco in many of the sandy fields are ripening
up quick due to large rainfalls in the spring early on. This year's
tobacco crop will once again be light weight for most. With
extreme heat and dry conditions pastures have begun to show
some stress as well. Our vegetable and fruit crops are about two
weeks ahead of schedule due to early spring heat.
Charles Mitchell – Franklin County Extension

Growing conditions have been good for most of the county.
However, there are some areas that have been missing the rain
and others that are getting too much. Recent moisture will help
with the predicted heat wave coming later in the week.
Mac Malloy - Robeson County Extension

Field conditions have been hot and somewhat dry these last two
weeks. Produce harvest is beginning to decline due to the heat.
Nice to see a break from hot weather these next few days.
Roy Thagard - Greene County Extension

Crops continue to benefit from timely rains. Many farms started
tobacco harvest this past week.
Brian Parrish - Harnett County Extension

We started to see some signs of heat and dry weather stress this
week in field crops, but most of the county received a muchneeded inch of rain Saturday. Overall, corn and soybeans are still
looking good this year.
Stephen Bishop – Cleveland SWCD

Late week showers will slow up field work, but most crops have
been planted and are growing. Corn harvest will start in a few
weeks if condition dry.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension

Wheat harvest was slowed by weekly spotted showers. This
delayed soybean planting.
Tim Britton – Johnston County Extension

Heat is taken its toll on all crops. Extreme heat slowing plant
progress.
Gary Cross - Person County Extension

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