Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/27/18
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 1 8 83 8
Subsoil Moisture 1 7 82 10
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
6.4 5.3 6.3 6.3
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 16 39 44 1
Corn 12 19 34 29 6
Cotton 3 12 28 48 8
Hay 1 8 53 33 5
Pasture 1 8 41 46 4
Peanuts 3 3 37 49 8
Sorghum 3 6 31 53 7
Soybeans 5 6 30 48 11
Sweet Potatoes 1 5 43 41 10
Tobacco: Burley 1 4 44 50 1
Tobacco: Flue-cured 3 11 29 48 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:
Corn Dough 97 94 99 98
Corn Dent 91 80 92 91
Corn Mature 67 46 70 70
Cotton Setting Bolls 91 87 94 95
Soybeans Blooming 95 91 94 89
Soybeans Setting Pods 74 65 76 72
HARVESTED:
Apples 27 22 31 33
Corn for Grain 12 N/A 18 18
Corn for Silage 57 41 55 50
Hay: Second Cutting 89 78 91 80
Hay: Third Cutting 25 12 30 30
Peaches 87 79 85 83
Tobacco: Flue-cured 50 41 46 49
COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
The warm temperatures and ample rain have made for a bumper
crop of all the commodities this summer. Pastures and hayfields
are approaching fall in great shape.
Janice Nicholson – Rutherford County FSA
Corn harvest continues with yields being reported as above
average for most areas. Soybeans and cotton are looking good.
Tobacco growers are rushing to get the crop out of the field.
Mac Malloy - Robeson County Extension
Rainfall was about .50", which was near normal for period.
Temperatures near normal was well. Mid to late summer
conditions prevailed.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension
Excellent weather stayed in place and allowed farmers to harvest
a lot of corn. Yields are better than expected because of heavy
rains this spring but not setting records. Soybeans could use a
drink of water but subsoil moisture is adequate to keep them
going.
Mark Seitz-Tim Matthews – Pender County
Cooler temperatures are helping crop progress lower tobacco leaf
harvest is in full swing. Silage cutting is in progress, cooler temps
will help slow disease issues Gary Cross – Person County
Extension
Conditions dried out some and lots of hay hit the ground last
week.
Stephen Bishop – Cleveland SWCD
Another relatively dry week allowed hay producers to make good
progress harvesting second cutting hay. Some highly scattered
thunderstorms early in the week brought rain to some areas of the
county but precipitation levels were generally light with most
areas receiving less than .5".
Stanley Holloway - Yancey County Extension
Rainfall from weekend storm ranged from 4-8 inches. Limited field
work due to wet soils. Crop stage and conditions vary incredibly
due to total accumulation of rainfall over the past few weeks,
inherent soil ability to drain excess water, and degree of
management alteration needed to produce crops. As example, we
have fields of tobacco completely harvested yet there are fields
yet to be harvested at all. Wildly variable crop conditions.
Mike Carroll - Craven County Extension
Infrequent rains are allowing fields to dry so that corn, soybean
and cotton can recover and finish producing. Cabbage planting is
underway with the drying conditions as well. Some corn has been
harvested, but it should be full swing after Labor Day.
Al Wood – Pasquotank County Extension
Dry weather has allowed tobacco growers to resume harvesting,
although there are still areas that are still too wet. Cotton, peanuts
and soybeans look to have the potential to make very good crops
if it doesn't get too dry going forward.
Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
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