Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 6/22/20

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 0 0 57 43
Topsoil Moisture 0 1 41 58
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus


DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
2.4             4.9             5.7              5.7 

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 0 13 78 9
Corn 4 11 24 47 14
Cotton 3 12 32 46 7
Pasture 1 4 22 68 5
Peaches 0 1 31 67 1
Peanuts 2 8 26 55 9
Sorghum 1 3 39 51 6
Soybeans 2 6 31 55 6
Sweet Potatoes 0 1 17 71 11
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 3 7 33 51 6
Tobacco: Burley 0 0 42 58 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. 
PLANTED:
Cotton 96 92 98 98
Peanuts 97 91 97 97
Sorghum 66 56 77 76
Soybeans 80 77 80 82
Sweet Potatoes 69 60 73 79
Tobacco: Burley 76 65 80 81
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn Silking 26 12 31 37
Cotton Squaring 17 N/A 32 27
Soybeans Emerged 75 65 68 70
HARVESTED
Barley 69 48 77 77
Hay: First Cutting 94 89 94 93
Oats 65 44 69 73
Peaches 29 21 19 14
Wheat 52 35 56 65

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIELD
Near normal rain with temperatures much below normal. -
JACKSON /SWAIN

Area received in excess of 6 inches of rain in one day for a
three week total in some places of over 12 inches. Some tobacco
fields are waterlogged at this time. The corn crop is up and down
and soybeans are slow to be planted in many areas. The
wheat harvest was going well until the rain last week. -
FRANKLIN / HALIFAX/ NASH

Heavy rain slowed al field activities and caused flooding in low
areas. Not much crop damage was sustained from flooding. More
wheat was harvested, but progress was slowed by rainfall and wet
fields. Not much hay was cut because drying conditions
weren’t good. No double crop soybeans were planted yet. -
GRANVILLE

Many crops are lagging behind in maturity (especially cotton and
peanuts) due to cool temps and high rainfall. Leaching
adjustments have had to be made on tobacco in areas with
the most rain. - WAKE / HARNETT / JOHNSTON / WAYNE

4-8" of rainfall continued to delay field work and added to the
saturated soil conditions. Replanted cotton and peanuts
emerged but the plant population is less than targeted. Plants are
struggling to deal with excessive water and some fields flooded.
Feasible profit continues to erode as we adjust to add fertilizer lost
to leaching and denitrification. - CRAVEN

A good amount of peanut acres will not be planted as farmers
shift to beans. Conditions are drying, but we had scattered
showers and thunderstorms for a good portion of the week.
Wheat for grain is being harvested, but wet conditions are making
it difficult. Corn is still fairly stunted in some areas. Silking
is beginning in earlier planted fields. - BLADEN

Wheat harvest has been significantly slowed. Wet conditions are
causing it to lodge and begin to resprout or mold in the field.
Weather conditions are not allowing crop to dry out for good
harvest. Second crop soybean planting is delayed and some full
season beans have not yet been planted. Early planted beans are
struggling with excess rains and saturated soils. - PENDER

High soil moisture limited field activities at beginning of week.
Small grain harvest resumed end of the week. Much of the corn
crop is tasseling and crop health seems to be improving but there
are concern with yield impacts due to high precipitation and
cloudy weather. Many cotton growers not able to plant intended
acres. Tobacco crop is highly variable given the season. -
ROBESON

Excessive rains prevented most field activity and delayed crop
growth and timely crop management. - PAMLICO

Up to 9 inches of rain caused wheat harvest, soybean planting,
and haying to stop for the week - PERSON

For the full report, click here.