Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/9/21

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT 
VS ST A SS

Subsoil Moisture 0 14 78 8
Topsoil Moisture 0 24 65 11
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus


DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 
5.1             6.0              4.9           5.3 

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 3 35 61 1
Corn 1 5 21 55 18
Cotton 3 10 24 56 7
Hay 2 28 25 41 4
Pasture 6 27 32 32 3
Peanuts 1 4 15 65 15
Sorghum 1 1 40 56 2
Soybeans 0 4 23 62 11
Sweet Potatoes 0 0 19 67 14
Flue-Cured 2 9 33 46 10
Tobacco: Burley 0 5 48 47 0
VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent



CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS 
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn Dough 89 81 83 89
Corn Dented 61 43 53 65
Corn Mature 23 n/a 14 23
Cotton Squaring 93 88 98 98
Cotton Setting Bolls 73 57 73 79
Peanuts Pegging 95 91 90 95
Soybeans Blooming 74 62 72 75
Soybeans Setting Pods 46 35 49 49
Tobacco:
HARVESTED:
Apples 18 12 13 17
Corn for Silage 20 n/a 19 23
Hay: Second Cutting 66 57 83 78
Peaches 62 57 66 68
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 21 15 26 26

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