Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 9/30/13

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There were 6.0 days suitable for field work for the week ending September 29th same as for last week ending September 22nd. Statewide soil moisture levels were rated at 1% very short, 31% short, 63% adequate and 5% surplus. The state received little precipitation this week along with average temperatures remaining slightly below normal. Sweet potato harvest moved in-line with the last year average and the 5-year average this week. Corn and tobacco harvest remain in line as well. Peanut harvest is now underway and should continue to progress well this week if the weather remains dry. Small grain plantings are also beginning in earnest and were aided by the dry conditions this week.

CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS
This
week       Last
Week       Last
Year       5-Year
Avg.
PHENOLOGICAL:
Cotton % Bolls Opening       71       60       81       86
Soybeans % Blooming       95       94       100       100
Soybeans % Pods Set       91       88       100       100
Soybeans % Leaf Drop       22       12       30       33
PLANTED:
Barley       21       na       11       na
HARVESTED:
Apples       56       52       78       66
Corn For Grain       85       74       84       80
Corn For Silage       92       88       99       95
Hay 2nd Cutting       96       93       100       98
Hay 3rd Cutting       39       36       65       59
Peanuts Threshed       10       na       14       na
Sorghum       27       26       na       na
Sweet Potatoes       30       10       34       35
Tobacco: Burley       92       88       87       82
Tobacco: Flue-cured       94       92       88       84

CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP       P       F       G       EX
Cotton       3       13       46       37       1
Hay       1       10       25       61       3
Pasture       0       5       27       60       8
Peanuts       0       4       33       56       7
Sorghum       1       4       35       57       3
Soybeans       4       9       36       46       5
Sweet Potatoes       0       2       58       40       0
VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS       ST       A       SS
State       1       31       63       5
Mountain Region       0       18       70       12
Piedmont Region       1       36       59       4
Coastal Plain Region       3       36       58       3
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus