Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/2/21

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 0 20 77 3
Topsoil Moisture 4 31 61 4
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus

DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year
6.0             5.6        6.1 
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 3 35 62 0
Corn 0 4 22 58 16
Cotton 1 7 28 59 5
Hay 1 21 27 48 3
Pasture 6 28 36 28 2
Peanuts 0 3 20 64 13
Sorghum 1 2 45 50 2
Soybeans 1 3 28 60 8
Sweet Potatoes 0 0 26 63 11
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 1 8 33 51 7
Tobacco: Burley 0 5 47 48 0
VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent 

CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS 
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn Dough 81 64 76 83
Corn Dented 43 22 32 49
Cotton Squaring 88 81 94 95
Cotton Setting Bolls 57 41 62 69
Peanuts Pegging 91 85 85 91
Soybeans Blooming 62 54 59 63
Soybeans Setting Pods 35 28 39 38
HARVESTED:
Apples 12 n/a 10 13
Hay: Second Cutting 57 48 79 71
Peaches 57 50 61 61
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 15 10 15 18

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