Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 7/12/21

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT

VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 0 21 71 8
Topsoil Moisture 6 19 65 10
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus

DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 
5.2              5.4               6.0         6.1 

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 9 36 5 0
Corn 0 1 21 61 17
Cotton 4 6 26 60 4
Hay 2 6 50 37 5
Pasture 7 26 37 26 4
Peaches 4 14 31 42 9
Peanuts 1 5 18 65 11
Sorghum 4 8 44 36 8
Soybeans 1 3 29 57 10
Sweet Potatoes 0 1 18 68 13
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 1 12 33 48 6
Tobacco: Burley 0 5 46 49 0
VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent

CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS 
PLANTED:
Sorghum 95 90 87 95
Sweet Potatoes 93 84 95 96
Tobacco: Burley 96 85 96 97
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn Silking 84 69 84 84
Corn Dough 22 10 26 35
Cotton Squaring 53 41 60 70
Peanuts Pegging 59 37 52 51
Soybeans Emerged 94 88 89 93
Soybeans Blooming 22 13 30 26
HARVESTED:
Barley 97 94 96 97
Hay: Second Cutting 32 24 44 38
Oats 90 87 94 94
Peaches 35 32 42 38
Wheat 94 83 93 95

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