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NC Weather and Crops Report for the week ending Aug. 14, 2022
Story Date: 8/16/2022
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Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/14/22
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Subsoil Moisture 7 27 65 1
Topsoil Moisture 5 22 71 2
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year
5.9 6.2 6.0
CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Apples 0 0 38 61 1
Corn 15 19 29 30 7
Cotton 3 9 24 58 6
Hay 3 16 48 32 1
Pasture 3 10 52 33 2
Peanuts 0 4 29 61 6
Sorghum 3 11 39 42 5
Soybeans 3 9 33 49 6
Sweet Potatoes 0 10 29 57 4
Tobacco Burley 0 0 37 63 0
Tobacco Flue-Cured 4 7 31 53 5
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 87 82 92 92
Corn Dent 63 48 72 74
Corn Mature 29 14 38 37
Cotton Squaring 95 91 95 98
Cotton Setting Bolls 77 65 78 83
Peanuts Pegging 96 93 96 96
Soybeans Blooming 91 86 84 84
Soybeans Setting Pods 71 62 61 59
HARVESTED:
Apples 13 11 19 20
Corn for Silage 22 11 35 36
Hay: Second Cutting 68 57 70 81
Peaches 66 60 67 73
Tobacco Flue-Cured 25 18 29 31
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