Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/23/21

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT 
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 1 10 82 7
Topsoil Moisture 1 11 76 12
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus

DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year
4.6         6.0          4.8 

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 8 48 43 1
Corn 0 3 17 60 20
Cotton 1 5 21 66 7
Hay 2 37 25 31 5
Pasture 5 19 38 36 2
Peanuts 0 3 16 66 15
Sorghum 1 2 44 51 2
Soybeans 1 5 24 59 11
Sweet Potatoes 0 0 24 64 12
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 1 9 34 49 7
Tobacco: Burley 0 15 53 32 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 97 93 95 97
Corn Dented 88 74 83 88
Corn Mature 55 40 55 60
Cotton Setting Bolls 86 79 84 91
Soybeans Blooming 93 86 93 92
Soybeans Setting Pods 77 64 74 71
HARVESTED:
Apples 24 19 23 29
Corn for Silage 52 37 49 50
Hay: Second Cutting 78 71 90 88
Hay: Third Cutting 18 11 27 24
Peaches 75 68 77 81
Tobacco: Flue-Cured 41 30 42 41

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