Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 9/16/19
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 3 25 63 9
Topsoil Moisture 14 28 48 10
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
6.2 5.2 3.7 5.7
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Cotton 5 17 33 39 6
Hay 1 17 41 39 2
Pasture 5 24 41 27 3
Peanuts 4 7 30 44 15
Soybeans 3 13 34 40 10
Sweet Potatoes 2 5 41 44 8
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 Mature 93 90 93 93
Cotton Bolls Opening 61 40 57 55
Soybeans Setting Pods 97 93 95 94
Soybeans Dropping Leaves 32 20 27 24
Sorghum 1 20 46 31 2
HARVESTED:
Apples 62 53 62 58
Corn for Grain 72 58 63 63
Corn for Silage 82 74 88 81
Hay: Third Cutting 61 51 53 55
Peaches 96 93 97 96
Sorghum for Grain 28 20 N/A 12
Sweet Potatoes 20 11 11 16
Tobacco: Flue-cured 69 57 70 70
Tobacco: Burley 32 26 32 38
COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Another unseasonably warm week with well above normal high
temps in the upper 80's. Some scattered rain
showers/thunderstorms brought some relief to parts of the county;
however, precipitation levels were highly variable. Some southern
areas of the county received nearly 2" of rain while most of the
northern portions received only a trace. Most all second cutting
hay has been harvested and corn silage harvest nears completion.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
Some parts of the county had about 2" of rainfall in heavy
thunderstorms (southern Jackson county) others no rainfall with
very dry conditions. Temperatures have been above normal with
hot days and mild nights.
Robert Hawk – Jackson & Swain County Extensions
Very dry corn harvest starting 40% done with harvest. Pastures
very dry. Tobacco losing weight last ten days. Soybeans aborted
flowers pods not filling.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Scattered rain showers last week while some areas have not
received rainfall in 10 days.
Paige Burns – Richmond County Extension
Tobacco harvest is in full gear. Other field crops could use a little
rain now. We were hot and dry all of last week following the inch
or two of rain from Dorian. The second cutting of hay has started
and soybeans are trying to fill pods as quick as possible.
Charles Mitchell – Franklin, Halifax & Nash County Extension
Drying weather allowed growers to get back into fields to harvest
corn. Soybeans are dropping leaves, and growers are ready to
switch over from corn.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
Drying weather allowed growers to get back into fields to harvest
corn. Soybeans are dropping leaves, and growers are ready to
switch over from corn.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
Dorian's winds rattled tobacco in the field many growers have
decided to abandon fields.
Tim Britton – Johnston County Extension
Harvest of tobacco and corn continues. Quality of both degrading
quickly. Growers attempting to defoliate cotton. Expect losses in
lint from equipment travel due to lodged plants and open bolls.
Early results of defoliant materials applied appear to be fair. Less
than optimum defoliation likely due to inability to apply product to
all leaves and poor uptake of defoliant materials due to damaged
root systems that limit plant growth.
Mike Carroll – Craven County Extension
Hurricane Dorian spared the county - thankfully. Highest wind
gusts inland were 47 mph instead of the 100+ in the forecast.
Some corn and some soybeans lodged but overall very little
damage occurred. Some of the blueberry fields in the county had
wind damage on new plantings where root depth was shallow. 8"
to 10" of rain fell across the county which completely recharged
the subsoil on the western side of the county. Corn yields are
quite variable with reports of 6 bushels per acre to as high as 235
bushels per acre.
Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
Corn harvest continues with overall yield below average. Early
soybean harvest has begun. Cotton defoliation beginning in the
area as well.
Mac Mallow – Robeson County Extension
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