Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 10/2/17
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 9 36 52 3
Subsoil Moisture 8 32 53 7
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
6.6 6.6 3.8 4.9
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Cotton 0 4 18 55 23
Pasture 2 14 40 43 1
Peanuts 0 1 15 63 21
Sorghum 0 5 30 60 5
Soybeans 0 4 24 58 14
Sweet Potato 0 1 23 67 9
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:
Cotton % Bolls Opening 77 66 84 81
Soybean% Dropping Leaves 50 37 51 40
HARVESTED:
Apples 77 64 73 70
Corn for Grain 85 77 89 83
Corn Silage 92 87 98 94
Hay: Third Cutting 69 61 71 63
Peanuts 13 N/A 12 13
Sorghum 53 35 49 N/A
Soybeans 10 N/A N/A N/A
Sweet Potato 39 27 33 35
Tobacco: Burley 61 52 63 75
Tobacco: Flue-cured 85 80 89 87 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Dry Spell continues with no rainfall recorded for period. Warm
early and then cooler for second half of period.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension
Weather conditions for the week started off unseasonably warm
but cooled considerably by late week. No precipitation for over 2
weeks has resulted in extremely dry conditions. Late vegetable
crops are showing significant drought stress and increased
concerns for wildfires as we enter into leaf season. Hay producers
have almost completed second cutting hay harvest and silage
harvest is nearly complete. Burley tobacco producers are
concerned with the less than ideal curing conditions resulting in a
lot of variegated cured leaf color.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
Franklin County is extremely dry at this time. We have not
received any substantial rain in over 20 days. We are not
expected to receive any for the next 10 days. Tobacco harvest is
almost complete and hay is being cut weekly.
Charles Mitchell – Franklin County Extension
Although the dry conditions are good for harvesting tobacco,
peanuts, corn and sweet potatoes, late planted peanuts,
soybeans and sweet potatoes could benefit from some additional
moisture.
Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
No rain, very dry. Danelle Cutting – Rowan County Extension
Still very dry still too early for wheat planting. Tobacco, corn, hay
harvests are progressing.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
With the drought tobacco growers are trying to finish up
harvesting light-weight tobacco crop before the average frost date
which is October 15th. Strawberry growers are constantly
irrigating just recently planted plugs. Fall cold vegetable crops are
slowly growing because of lack of moisture/rainfall. Livestock
producers are still grazing.
Joey Knight – Caswell County Extension
Winding up excellent corn harvest. Cotton defoliant materials
have been applied to about half of cotton production acres. Too
dry to plant wheat.
Mike Carroll – Craven County Extension
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