Source: USDA'S NASS  NC FIELD OFFICE, 6/10/19

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
                          VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 4 16  74  6
Topsoil Moisture 4 14  72  10
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus


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

4.7 6.3 6.3 5.7

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 1 1 26 72 0
Barley 0 25 51 22 2
Corn 6 15 35 39 5
Cotton 2 4 41 49 4
Hay 1 5 32 59 3
Oats 0 2 47 49 2
Pasture 2 14 41 39 4
Peaches 0 7 16 76 1
Peanuts 0 3 52 43 2
Sorghum 1 6 41 48 4
Soybeans 1 4 46 47 2
Sweet Potatoes 0 1 62 37 0
Tobacco: Flue-cured 2 7 31 56 4
Tobacco: Burley 0 0 45 55 0
Wheat 7 12 33 42 6

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:
Cotton 91 83 91 93
Peanuts 91 81 92 92
Sorghum 54 42 63 54
Soybeans 68 58 66 65
Sweet Potatoes 54 43 58 55
Tobacco: Flue-cured 98 93 97 98
Tobacco: Burley 56 37 55 68
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn Emerged 95 94 98 98
Soybeans Emerged 54 47 53 52
HARVESTED:
Barley 39 27 33 32
Oats 39 22 31 30
Hay: First Cutting 83 75 81 81
Wheat 31 14 26 19

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS

Prior to rainfall starting around 6/1 the region was extremely dry.
Rainfall amounts from 2" to 5+" occurred between 6/1 and 6/9 with
more in the forecast 6/10-6/12. Some places have now gotten too
much rain and are running the risk of drowning out crops. Majority
of the wheat has been harvested. Wheat that is left is starting to
see test weight fall. Most crops other than soybeans are in the
ground with the exception of some cotton.
Cater Askew – Agronomist Region 1

Heavy rain beginning mid-week limited field activities and resulted
in some flash flooding in some low lying areas of the county.
Precipitation levels were variable across the county and ranged
from around 5.5" in the northern portions of the county to around
10.5" in the southern portions.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension

Very dry at first of period, very wet latter half of period. 2"-6" of
rainfall in later. Temperatures near normal.
Robert Hawk – Jackson/ Swain County Extension

Rainfall across the region has alleviated some of the drought
stress. However, there are still areas that have not received
enough rain to help recently planted soybeans germinate
adequately or badly damaged corn recover. Growers expected a
quick recovery, but extremely damaged crops have been slow to
overcome the drought damage.
Georgia Love – Agronomist Region 5

Excessive rainfall in Catawba has flooded cropped, lodged wheat
and swept away roads. Steve Dillion – Agronomist Region 14
Rain over the weekend is a welcomed relief to the extremely dry
conditions that have persisted in the area for several weeks. Some
small grain harvest will be delayed a few days. However the
moisture was critical for corn and vegetable crops.
Cathy Herring – Central Crops Research Station

The tobacco crop is up and down in Franklin County. Some areas
have received early rains and others did not see any rain for three
weeks after planting. This past weekend we received a downpour
of 4 inches of rain or more. This has now led to some other
challenges of fields washing out and some tobacco drowning.
This rain was much needed for hay and pastures. Vegetable
crops had also suffered from the lack of rain over the past month.
Charles Mitchell – Franklin County Extension

Fields and pastures have been dry up until the end of this week
but it has been an excellent opportunity to cut hay. Much needed
rain has started and should continue through the weekend which
may delay the planting of corn and soybeans.
Janice Nicholson - Rutherford County Extension

Much need rain occurred at the end of the week, but totals varied
greatly across the county. Cooler temperatures arrived with rain,
helping corn as some early corn is beginning to silk.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension

There has been a lot of replanting of tobacco in several areas of
the county due to heat and dry weather. Several farmers were
irrigating right after transplanting during the extremely dry period
recently experienced. Rainfall late in the week helped all crops.
Corn was twisting up pretty badly and growth had just about
stopped. Rainfall has helped corn tremendously and it looks
much better. Soybeans have been slow to emerge after planting
due to dry soil conditions, and growth has been slow. Forage
quality in pastures and hay fields has dropped considerably due
to early maturity of cool season grasses.
Paul Westfall – Granville County Extension

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