Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 9/8/20
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 1 16 78 5
Topsoil Moisture 2 18 76 4
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 6.2 5.2 6.0
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 0 16 81 3
Corn 7 13 30 44 6
Cotton 3 16 36 42 3
Hay 0 3 39 51 7
Pasture 1 4 38 49 8
Peanuts 2 5 22 59 12
Sorghum 0 8 38 46 8
Soybeans 4 7 30 50 9
Sweet Potatoes 0 4 22 65 9
Tobacco: Burley 1 5 45 49 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 94 96
Corn Mature 83 73 88 87
Cotton Setting Bolls 93 90 99 98
Cotton Bolls Opening 24 19 37 35
Soybeans Setting Pods 95 84 91 90
Soybeans Dropping Leaves 10 N/A 17 14
HARVESTED
Apples 39 34 51 49
Corn for Silage 71 60 71 73
Corn for Grain 33 18 53 47
Hay: Third Cutting 45 39 48 44
Peaches 87 82 92 92
Sorghum 10 N/A 16 N/A
Sweet Potato 11 N/A 10 N/A
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 60 50 54 60
Tobacco: Burley 20 15 25 27
OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIELD
Temperatures above normal for the season, with hot and
muggy conditions and near normal rainfall early. Crops
and pasture look good, while second cut hay is underway. –
JACKSON, SWAIN
Two inches of rainfall between 8/31 and 9/2, have helped
replenish soil moistures. That, along with a cold front and
subsequent lower temperatures, have improved pastures
and hay fields. Early fields just about harvested, while other
fields are just getting started. Tobacco harvest continues,
double crop soybeans have started to grow again after
being dormant due to August’s hot, dry weather. –
GRANVILLE
Corn and tobacco harvest continue after rainfall received
early in the week. – PERSON
Soybean and cotton are showing signs of stress due to
depleted soil moistures from lack of rain. Newly
planted cabbage could also use rain in order to get the
transplants a good start. Corn and early planted and
matured soybean harvest is well underway. –
PASQUOTANK
Soil moisture is adequate in the county. Most soybeans are
setting pods, but flowering is still progressing in
concentrated areas. Corn harvest is underway and yields
look promising. Cotton is flowering heavily and bolls should
be setting soon in many areas. Tobacco harvest is starting
in some locations and appear to be getting close to harvest
in others. – BLADEN
Dry conditions & intense heat have prevailed throughout
the week as the county received little to no rain. Corn
harvest is going well but some varieties are showing
reduced test weights. Soybean fields need rain to assist in
pod fill for full season and pod set for late season beans. –
PENDER
Days of dry weather allowed for harvest activities and
baling hay. The forecasted rain will be of help to late
cotton, soybeans, and peanuts. – ROBESON
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