Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 7/24/17
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 5 19 64 12
Subsoil Moisture 3 12 75 10
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
6.0 6.5 6.3 5.5
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apple 0 1 41 57 1
Corn 0 4 21 52 23
Cotton 2 11 25 54 8
Hay 0 4 24 66 6
Pasture 1 8 26 58 7
Peaches 4 12 49 33 2
Peanuts 0 3 22 63 12
Sorghum 0 1 23 70 6
Soybeans 0 5 24 62 9
Sweet Potato 0 1 36 57 6
Tobacco: Flue-cured 2 6 23 60 9
Tobacco: Burley 1 3 39 56 1
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 97 93 96 96
Corn % Dough 72 53 73 70
Corn % Dent 32 21 25 28
Cotton % Squared 90 79 89 91
Cotton % Setting Bolls 51 25 46 52
Peanut % Pegging 85 69 77 83
Soybeans % Blooming 46 34 44 37
Soybeans % Setting Pods 26 12 22 17
HARVESTED:
Hay: Second Cutting 53 41 54 54
Peaches 52 40 49 54
Tobacco Flue-cured 13 n/a n/a 12 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Hot and dry. Rainfall below normal with only a .10 for time period.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension
Weather conditions for the week were primarily hot and dry. By the
end of the week, some crops were showing mild drought stress
symptoms due to shallow rooting from excessive moisture earlier
in the season. Particularly corn, tobacco, and some vegetable
crops. Tobacco Black Shank is showing up in a few fields as the
crop is stressed. A few hay producers have started harvesting
their second cutting and vegetable harvesting is in full swing.
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
All crops are suffering from extreme heat. Tobacco continues to
fire up and ripen quickly. Soybeans are wilting every day and
pasture land is extremely dry. There are certain pockets as usual
that have received rain recently, but overall the heat is causing
some challenges for the crops.
Charles Mitchell – Franklin County Extension
Heat is taking its toll on all crops. Shallow root depths from the
rain create stress Over 100 degrees index.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Growing conditions remain good across the area. Many areas
continue to get spotty rain. Some late season disease in corn
beginning to show up. Corn yield potential looks good. Monitoring
insect pressure in cotton and soybean.
Mac Malloy - Robeson County Extension
The crop conditions overall in Region 7 is pretty good, however
there are spotty areas that have continually missed rainfall events
and the crops are suffering.
Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
Crops continue to look mostly good to excellent throughout
county. Also, it seems like farmers have a better grasp on
pigweed control in soybeans this year.
Stephen Bishop – Cleveland SWCD
Hot temps have increased maturity of all crops. Corn harvest
should start soon.
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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