Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/5/19



SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT 
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 3 35 60 2
Topsoil Moisture 5 42 51 2
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus

DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
5.9             6.1              2.4           4.9 

CROP CONDITION PERCENT 
VP P F G EX
Apples 1 1 19 71 8
Corn 10 23 27 29 11
Cotton 3 12 26 54 5
Hay 0 5 30 60 5
Pasture 1 12 35 47 5
Peanuts 1 3 33 53 10
Sorghum 6 21 38 34 1
Soybeans 3 8 35 43 11
Sweet Potatoes 1 5 39 45 10
Tobacco: Flue-cured 2 11 35 46 6
Tobacco: Burley 0 9 49 42 0
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 Silking 99 93 99 98
Corn Dough 87 71 86 86
Corn Dented 58 36 53 60
Corn Mature 14 n/a 12 15
Cotton Squaring 98 93 97 96
Cotton Setting Bolls 83 70 68 76
Peanuts Pegging 96 86 95 94
Soybeans Blooming 62 45 68 68
Soybeans Setting Pods 38 26 42 41
HARVESTED:
Apples 13 n/a 14 18
Corn for Silage 24 n/a n/a 12
Hay: Second Cutting 78 72 65 68
Peaches 66 63 58 66
Tobacco: Flue-cured 17 11 20 22

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Scattered showers across the county this week kept crops moving
forward. Soybean yield potential is good to excellent in some
fields. Army worm pressure in pastures is severe. Corn harvest
began on short season varieties in mid-week.
Mark Seitz - Pender County Extension

Rutherford County received much needed rain this past week.
Corn, soybeans, pasture and hay crops are looking good.
Janice Nicholson - Rutherford County

Need rain all crops struggling soybeans dropping pods. Tobacco
being irrigated corn stressed.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension

Thunder showers have been frequent and spotty this week.
Moisture is good where showers visited, getting dry elsewhere.
Steve Dillion – Henderson County

Spotty rains end of week, helped the northern and eastern two
thirds of the county more than the southern end. All crops look
good with planting date affecting soybeans to some extent.
Michael Yoder – Wake County Extension

Rainfall ranging from 0.7-1.5 inches provided some relief from
heat and drought allowing to increase rate of harvest for tobacco.
Too, the rainfall should enhance boll retention in cotton, pod
development in soybeans and encourage additional vine growth
in peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Mike Carroll - Craven County Extension

Recent rainfall has improved some crop conditions.
Tim Britton - Johnston County Extension

In Cleveland County, thunderstorms have been very sporadic. A
few locations have caught rain and are doing ok, but very dry
conditions have crept into parts of the county, with both corn and
soybeans now showing signs of drought stress.
Stephen Bishop - Cleveland County Extension

Scattered rains have brought some relief from dry soil conditions.
Supplemental irrigation has been heavily used. Corn harvest is
slowly starting for some with wide range of yields being reported.
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension

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