Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 9/3/19


SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 3 29 66 2
Topsoil Moisture 4 37 57 2
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus

DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
6.6           5.7           6.6                5.7 

CROP CONDITION PERCENT 
VP P F G EX
Corn 15 20 29 29 7
Cotton 7 15 22 44 12
Hay 1 7 31 58 3
Pasture 2 15 44 36 3
Peanuts 4 9 32 41 14
Sorghum 1 13 32 52 2
Soybeans 3 9 29 47 12
Sweet Potatoes 2 4 36 48 10
Tobacco: Flue-cured 5 13 31 46 5
Tobacco: Burley 0 7 40 53 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 Dented 93 90 93 94
Corn Mature 83 68 78 81
Cotton Bolls Opening 28 15 22 24
Soybeans Blooming 96 92 98 95
Soybeans Setting Pods 86 73 82 83
HARVESTED:
Apples 47 43 44 42
Corn for Grain 40 19 25 31
Corn for Silage 65 54 72 63
Hay: Third Cutting 42 32 34 40
Peaches 90 88 90 88
Tobacco: Flue-cured 46 36 57 54
Tobacco: Burley 21 11 18 23

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Dry weather tobacco harvest progressing, no grain crop
harvesting at this time other than silage.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension

Corn harvest has accelerated ahead of predicted
hurricane. Some wet weather slowed progress, but most
growers managed to keep going.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension

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