Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 10/29/18


SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS 
Topsoil Moisture 0 3 76 21
Subsoil Moisture 0 3 84 13
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus


DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
5.2     5.1       5.5       5.5 

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Cotton 7 16 33 39 5
Pasture 1 6 37 54 2
Soybeans 6 12 25 48 9
Winter Wheat 0 2 22 65 11
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.
PLANTED:
Barley 41 24 59 55
Oats 48 31 63 52
Winter Wheat 21 10 37 28
PHENOLOGICAL:
Soybeans Dropping Leaves 95 91 92 90
Winter Wheat Emerged 13 n/a 19 12
HARVESTED:
Apples 92 89 91 91
Corn for Grain 95 93 97 96
Cotton 48 30 50 35
Hay: Third Cutting 82 78 91 86
Peanuts 62 47 70 64
Sorghum 64 50 92 61
Soybeans 32 23 40 28
Sweet Potatoes 71 61 82 75
Tobacco: Burley 92 83 94 94

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Wet weather at the end of the week. Tobacco harvest done. Corn
harvest wrapping up as soon as it dries off. Wheat planting still
going on will continue till the end of the month.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension

Cotton and soybean harvest continues with yields below earlier
expectations. Dry weather in August appears to have had a
significant impact on some maturity groups. Cotton is variable with
most damage following recent storms. Small grain planting has
begun but planting intentions are somewhat down.
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension

Temperatures have been near normal with some frost. Rainfall
has been above normal with 1.25" widespread across the two
counties of Jackson and Swain. Pastures still growing with cool
season grasses looking good. Unsure about winter wheat
progress, will scout that this week.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension

Recent rains have replenished soil moisture, but more could be
used. Cabbage harvest will start next week. A small number of
acres of wheat have been planted and with the current soil and
weather conditions, planting of wheat planting should continue.
Soybean harvest is nearing the end.
Al Wood – Pasquotank County Extension

Carteret - Harvest continues but was slowed by 1-2 inches of
rainfall. Yield of all crops lower than desired.
Craven - Harvest continues with cotton, peanut and soybean
crops. Both cotton and peanut yield low in areas adversely
affected by Hurricane Florence.
Mike Carroll – Carteret-Craven County Extension

Wheat planting has begun in Duplin County. Soybean harvest is
under way. Growers are still harvesting sweet potatoes and
peanuts. Blake Sandlin - Duplin County Extension

Emergency hay and feed relief work continues. Farmers are
trying to get pastures seeded with winter grasses to have grazing
options for the winter. Soybean harvest continued this week with
some farmers planting wheat immediately behind the combine.
Soybean yields and quality are below normal levels. Some areas
in the county received light frost which should help late maturing
bean canopies finish drying out.
Mark Seitz/Tim Mathews – Pender County Extension

After harvest has begun cotton losses are possibly higher than
originally thought due to hurricane Florence.
Jacob Morgan – Jones County Extension

Rain at the end of the week stopped soybean harvest. Soybean
harvest is moving very slowing due to late planting caused by
excessive rains earlier in the year.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension

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