Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 11/19/18

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 0 2 48 50
Subsoil Moisture 0 2 60 38
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus


DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
2.0   3.9    5.4    5.3 
CROP CONDITION PERCENT 
VP P F G EX
Barley 1 5 12 81 1
Oats 0 2 26 71 1
Pasture 2 7 55 34 2
Winter Wheat 1 4 18 67 10
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 87 77 92 86
Oats 78 76 85 77
Winter Wheat 53 44 77 69
PHENOLOGICAL:
Winter Wheat Emerged 39 33 59 47
HARVESTED:
Cotton 77 75 83 74
Hay: Third Cutting 90 85 95 92
Peanuts 90 85 94 91
Sorghum 86 81 100 77
Soybeans 58 52 62 59
Sweet Potatoes 92 89 96 94

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
With these cool temps and saturated soil, it is going to a long while
to dry out enough to get back in field. There have been some
reports of soybeans sprouting in pods.
Stephen Bishop – Cleveland SWCD

Rutherford County received close to 6 inches of freezing rain and
sleet this past week. Our soybean producers are looking for some
dry days to harvest their beans.
Janice Nicholson – FSA Rutherford County

Growing season is over in Jackson and Swain counties with
abundant rainfall over last 2 weeks with 3"-4", which is above
normal and temperatures near normal with frost/freeze with lows
in 20s/30s and highs 40s/50s.
Robert Hawk – Swain County Extension

Very wet conditions will be two weeks before getting back in the
field.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension

Carteret - Rainfall of 1-3 inches prohibited most field work.
Craven - Many areas received 1-2 inches of rainfall on farms
already wet from previous rains. Thus, field work was extremely
limited.
Mike Carroll - Craven County Extension

Cooler weather with rain, ice, and snow predominated the week.
Temperatures cooled considerably for the week with highs mainly
in the lower 50's and lows dipping into the lower 20's. Heavy rain
early in the week was followed by some accumulating snow and
ice later in the week. Soil conditions are very wet and main farm
activities for the week included harvesting Christmas trees,
tending livestock, and winterizing equipment.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension

Field conditions are very wet. Pender County finally had one hard
frost which will help soybeans finish drying out but rains are
preventing growers from making much harvest progress. This is
impacting winter wheat harvest as well.
Mark Seitz or Tim Matthews – Pender County Extension

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