Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/20/18
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 0 5 62 33
Subsoil Moisture 1 6 62 31
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
5.3 4.3 5.3 5.5
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 15 41 43 1
Corn 11 20 34 28 7
Cotton 3 13 24 51 9
Hay 1 8 56 30 5
Pasture 1 12 46 37 4
Peanuts 3 4 41 44 8
Sorghum 2 8 36 45 9
Soybeans 5 7 36 43 9
Sweet Potatoes 1 4 49 37 9
Tobacco: Burley 1 5 43 50 1
Tobacco: Flue-cured 4 12 30 47 7
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 94 91 97 96
Corn Dent 80 69 88 86
Corn Mature 46 28 54 53
Cotton Setting Bolls 87 78 90 92
Soybeans Blooming 91 83 89 83
Soybeans Setting Pods 65 54 63 60
HARVESTED:
Apples 22 19 23 26
Corn for Silage 41 22 45 39
Hay: Second Cutting 78 70 88 75
Hay: Third Cutting 12 n/a 19 20
Peaches 79 64 81 79
Tobacco: Flue-cured 41 30 37 40
COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Crops have responded well to the regular rainfall pattern. Disease
pressure seems to be building in all crops as favorable conditions
have persisted. Wet field conditions have limited the ability to get
fungicide and insecticide applications out timely in some areas.
We are about two weeks into corn harvest with many good to
above average yields reported.
Mac Malloy - Robeson County Extension
Rainfall was less during this period with .30" which was below
normal but welcomed. Soil moisture from top to sub is still
"Average WET" to Surplus. Temperatures were near normal.
Second cutting of hay has been harvested for some, which was
not good quality...mostly clover.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension
Soil conditions dried out substantially this week allowing farmers
to begin corn harvest. Yields are down 10-20 bushels per acre
compared to 'normal. Soybeans are looking better with sunshine
and more water. Mark Seitz-Tim Matthews – Pender County
Franklin County has been receiving rains almost every evening
like most counties. The soybeans are loving the rain but not the
heat. The tobacco crop is turning quickly in the areas with heavy
rain and for some it is hard to get in the field. There has also been
more disease showing up since the rains have started. Pastures
are also looking better since the rains started.
Charles Mitchell - Franklin County Extension
Hot humid week plants under stress. Tobacco leaf harvest
continues, silage is cut, soybeans doing better.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Drier weather was a welcome change for most producers. A few
scattered rain showers brought slightly higher rainfall amounts to
parts of the county, but most areas only received only a trace to
0.25" of rain for the week. Temperatures were also cooler with
highs mainly in the upper 70's - lower 80's and lows mainly in the
mid-upper 50's. Hay producers took advantage of the drier
weather to begin harvesting their second cutting. Vegetable crop
harvest continues and burley tobacco topping is beginning.
Stanley Holloway - Yancey County Extension
Many farmers were able to get back in the field this week. Still
very wet in places. Corn Harvest has begun for many.
Blake Sandlin – Duplin county Extension
Harvest of tobacco continues where travel in the field is possible.
Corn earworms still found in soybean and cotton. All crops show
much improvement with less frequent rainfall.
Mike Carroll - Craven County Extension
Wet conditions persist with some areas of the county receiving
multiple inches of rain. Rain continued Sunday night. Soybeans
will be affected greatly, and corn harvest will be delayed again.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
Excessive rains have caused decrease in quality and yield for all
crops with the exception of corn. Corn harvest has been delayed
by big rains in excess of 3 inches.
Jacob Morgan – Jones County Extension
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