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NC Weather and Crops Report for the week ending Aug. 15, 2021
Story Date: 8/17/2021
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Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/16/21
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 2 13 77 8
Topsoil Moisture 1 25 65 9
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year
6.0 5.1 4.3
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 15 40 44 1
Corn 0 4 16 63 17
Cotton 3 9 22 60 6
Hay 2 35 21 37 5
Pasture 9 31 28 28 4
Peanuts 1 4 16 64 15
Sorghum 1 2 41 55 1
Soybeans 0 5 21 64 10
Sweet Potatoes 0 0 18 68 14
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 2 10 33 46 9
Tobacco: Burley 0 0 48 52 0
VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent
CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS
This Week Last Week Last Year 5Yr Avg
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn Dough 93 89 91 94
Corn Dented 74 61 71 79
Corn Mature 40 23 33 41
Cotton Squaring 95 93 100 99
Cotton Setting Bolls 79 73 77 86
Soybeans Blooming 86 74 86 85
Soybeans Setting Pods 64 46 60 61
HARVESTED:
Apples 19 18 19 22
Corn for Silage 37 20 36 39
Hay: Second Cutting 71 66 87 84
Hay: Third Cutting 11 n/a 17 15
Peaches 68 62 73 75
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 30 21 36 34
For the full report, click here.
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