Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/14/17

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 4 17 65 14
Subsoil Moisture 3 17 65 15
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus

DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
4.8             6.6                6.1               5.5 

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apple 0 0 41 59 0
Corn 1 5 21 54 19
Cotton 2 6 23 59 10
Hay 0 10 34 52 4
Pasture 1 9 23 60 7
Peanuts 0 2 21 65 12
Sorghum 0 6 30 60 4
Soybeans 0 5 23 62 10
Sweet Potato 0 2 26 67 5
Tobacco: Flue-cured 3 10 27 53 7
Tobacco: Burley 0 1 53 46 0
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 % Dough 95 92 96 93
Corn % Dent 79 69 85 78
Corn % Mature 45 26 40 38
Cotton % Setting Bolls 87 74 88 88
Soybeans % Blooming 86 76 83 74
Soybeans % Setting Pods 58 50 62 47
HARVESTED:
Apples 20 18 22 21
Corn Silage 42 24 37 29
Hay: Second Cutting 85 78 81 72
Hay: Third Cutting 13 12 11 14
Peaches 77 74 72 77
Tobacco Flue-cured 33 27 37 34

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS

Jackson and Swain had normal rainfall for the period of .75" -
1.00" for the period with warm days and nights. Humid and muggy
ruled the period. The perfect growing season continues.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension

Rain events throughout the week significantly reduced field
activities. Most of the county received around 3" or more rainfall
during the week. Burley tobacco is being topped and vegetable
harvest continues.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Ext

Conditions turned wet and look to get wetter this week. Most work
in field has been suspended until growers can enter fields again. I
know a lot of tobacco farmers have barns they would like to fill.
Many soybean fields have been sprayed for insects. Heard cotton
farmers have sprayed numerous fields twice for worms. In wet
conditions we obviously worry about disease presence building up
in all crops. Roy Thagard – Greene County Extension

Tropical moisture set in on Pender County all week. Farmers
reported to me rainfall of 7"- 10" last week. Rain has delayed the
start of corn harvest for many farmers but gave soybeans a much
needed shot of water. Some frogeye leaf spot and nematode
problems are showing up in soybeans across the county.
Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension

Good rains during latter part of week after long dry spell.
Paul McKenzie – Warren County Extension

Corn harvest has begun in a few spots around the county. Cotton,
soybeans, and peanuts have benefited from sporadic rainfall over
the past month. Howard Wallace – Hoke County Extension

Corn harvest has experienced some weather delays but yield
reports have been very good so far. Tobacco harvest continues
with some reports of late disease pressure building. Other crops
look good overall.
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension

We got some good rains that were much needed this week.
Worms showing up in soybeans, cotton, and peanuts.
Blake Sandlin – Duplin County Extension

Wet weather has prevent harvest. Field flooding will be wide
spread. Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension

Spotty rain from one half inch to one inch. Crops still under some
stress from drought and heat.
Gary Cross - Person County Extension

Rains have improved crop conditions for most crops, although too
late for late planted corn. Tobacco harvest has resumed after
growers paused due to a lack of moisture.
Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7

Corn harvest began last week. Yields are excellent in most of the
area, however, some areas are experiencing very droughty
conditions and yields of most crops will be effected. Weekend
rains relieved this stress some but not enough for crops to
recover significantly. Georgia Love – Agronomist Region 5

Several Growers have started harvesting grain corn. Black Shank
is showing up in Flue Cured Tobacco.
Della King – Sampson County Extension

Carteret - Excessive rainfalls continue along the coast and
southeastern portion of the county preventing field work. Craven -
Harvest of tobacco and pest management in other crops
continues, but sporadically, due to frequent rainfall preventing
field work. Insect pest increasing in soybeans above threshold.
Cotton has the potential of high yield but is beginning to show
spots in many fields of low nitrogen and/or potassium.
Mike Carroll – Carteret and Craven County Extension

Received some much needed rain this past week.
Norman Harrell – Wilson County Extension

Cotton blooming out of the top now. Stands of cotton and
soybeans looking good. Howard Wallace – Hoke County Ext

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