Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 10/13/20

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT 
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 0 2 85 13
Topsoil Moisture 0 2 70 28
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            5.3            6.2          4.7

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Cotton 2 10 37 42 9
Pasture 1 2 28 67 2
Peanuts 1 3 17 65 14
Soybeans 2 8 28 52 10
Sweet Potatoes 0 4 27 61 8

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:
Oats 27 12 N/A 13
PHENOLOGICAL:
Cotton Bolls Opening 85 75 96 92
Soybeans Dropping Leaves 63 49 83 72

HARVESTED
Apples 74 65 84 81
Corn for Silage 96 92 98 98
Corn for Grain 90 85 92 91
Hay: Third Cutting 85 74 79 75
Peanuts 22 12 44 27
Sorghum 45 41 53 47
Soybeans 14 N/A 23 16
Sweet Potato 46 35 67 49
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 96 94 95 92
Tobacco: Burley 65 55 66 71

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIELD
Below normal rainfall and temperatures brought dryer conditions
to the area. Some farmers harvested corn for silage, while others
planted winter wheat cover. Hay harvest has completed in the
area. Pastures are currently in good shape. – JACKSON, SWAIN

Most farm activities stopped due to weekend rains. Earlier in the
week, farmers could be seen baling hay, harvesting and drying
tobacco, and planting fall seedlings. Current soil conditions are
now too wet for any fieldwork. – GRANVILLE

Soil moisture levels are adequate for cabbage and late soybean
crops. Growers continue to harvest corn and soybeans and in
other areas land is being preparing for planting wheat. Some late
season soybean fields are still seeing issues with insects such as
stinkbugs. – PASQUOTANK

Drier weather this week allow corn and soybean harvest to
resume. Corn is almost complete; however, the soybean harvest
is moving slowly. Some farmers are plating pastureland. –
PAMLICO

Field conditions remain good as corn, hemp and tobacco harvest
continues. – PERSON

Farm work remains delayed due to continued rainfall. As weather
permits, growers will finish harvesting corn and tobacco as well
as beginning cotton defoliation later this week. – CRAVEN

Wet conditions have slowed the last of the corn harvest as well as
peanuts, which are approximately 33% complete with the
remaining at 50% inverted. Early maturing soybeans are
beginning to drop their leaves. Cotton bolls are opening
throughout the county and boll set is looking good in areas. –
BLADEN

Nice weather this past week allowed field activities to resume;
however, the remnants of hurricane Delta brought more rain over
the weekend. Growers are beginning to over-seed pastures and
plant cover crops. Some farmers have begun planting rapeseed.
Early maturity group soybeans growers are reporting reduced
quality in limited areas due to harvest delays. – ROBESON

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