Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 6/29/20
 
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 0 6 82 12
Topsoil Moisture 0 13 74 13
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus

DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK 
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
5.5             2.4           6.4         5.9

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 0 14 76 10
Cotton 3 12 29 52 4
Pasture 1 5 22 66 6
Peaches 0 4 22 70 4
Peanuts 2 5 28 51 14
Sorghum 1 3 44 45 7
Sweet Potatoes 1 1 22 60 16
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 4 8 36 45 7
Tobacco: Burley 0 0 44 56 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:
Corn 3 9 22 44 22
Sorghum 74 66 84 82
Soybeans 83 80 89 90
Sweet Potatoes 78 69 83 88
Tobacco: Burley 82 76 89 89

PHENOLOGICAL:
Soybeans 2 5 29 53 11
Corn Silking 45 26 49 60
Cotton Squaring 33 17 50 45
Peanuts Pegging 13 N/A 21 21
Soybeans Emerged 78 75 78 80

HARVESTED
Barley 84 69 90 89
Hay: First Cutting 97 94 97 97
Hay: Second Cutting 23 N/A 22 17
Oats 77 65 80 85
Peaches 34 29 28 21
Wheat 73 52 70 83

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIELD
Rainfall near average and temperatures slightly lower with cloudy
conditions for most of the period. - JACKSON /SWAIN

Corn planting was delayed by excessive rain - BURKE

We went quickly from wet and cool weather, to hot and dry
weather. Our crops could use a little shower of rain in the
evenings at this time. - FRANKLIN / HALIFAX / NASH

Wheat harvest is moving slowly due to weather and soil
conditions, but sped up at the end of the week. Double crop
soybean planting is consequently moving slowly. Pasture quality
is deteriorating, but there is still forage available. More hay was
cut during the week, but quality is lower. Tobacco growers are
trying to get nitrogen on without causing the tobacco to stay green
into the fall. Some foliar diseases are starting to show up.
Growing conditions have been good through the week. Growers
will likely need rain soon if the hot, dry weather pattern continues.
- GRANVILLE

Some fields still wet. Field work and fertilization continued on
tobacco. Some first cutting hay was finished. Soybean planting
continues. Some early corn stsrting to tassel but uneven. -
PERSON

Excessive rain have caused a lot of crop problems this year from
seed rotting in the ground to loss of nutrients. Stands in low laying
land look pretty bad. Pests also seem to be worse this year -
ANSON

Soils have dried enough so that farmers can plant soybean, as
well as continue to harvest Irish potatoes, cabbage and wheat.
Some corn is silking and tasselling as well as some soybean
flowering. - PASQUOTANK

Weather this week allowed needed weed control activity, but
rains remains sporadic, hindering field activities. - PAMLICO

Soils have dried out due to very little rainfall and windy and hot
conditions. - JOHNSTON

Remaining wheat may not be harvested due to excessive rains
and poor grain quality. Similarly, farmers are making difficult
decisions regarding management priorities to adjust for nutrient
loss, weed management, and applying remedial treatments
for pests (thrips in cotton and peanuts; tobacco budworm in
tobacco). The lack of rainfall has allowed field work but crops are
still behind normal growth stages. Many soybeans fields
unplanted. - CRAVEN

Corn yield potential is suffering from continuing rain. Farmers
have not been able to top-dress in late planted corn because
of wet soil conditions. Wheat harvest has been slow, which is
pushing the deadline for second crop soybeans. Pasture and hay
growth is lagging because of wet conditions, minimizing
opportunities to bale hay and to fertilize appropriately. - PENDER

Harvesting and planting activities have been delayed due to wet
field conditions. . Farmers are struggling to keep up from all the
field delays and planting deadlines are approaching fast. Early
planted corn looks good. It has been a slow start for cotton and
peanuts. – ROBESON

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