Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 7/13/15
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 6.3 5.5 5.7 5.0 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 4 35 53 8
Subsoil Moisture 3 32 58 7
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Apples 0 2 38 57 3 Corn 8 13 30 35 14 Cotton 1 5 19 63 12 Hay 7 13 36 38 6 Pasture 13 22 35 26 4 Peaches 4 4 41 44 7 Peanuts 0 1 20 67 12 Soybeans 3 7 27 53 10 Sweet Potatoes 0 2 48 44 6 Tobacco: Flue Cured 0 5 28 57 10 Tobacco: Burley 0 1 44 52 3
VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent
CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS
This Week Last Week Last Year 5 Yr. Avg.
PHENOLOGICAL: Corn Silking 90 80 87 94
Corn Dough 38 15 47 48
Cotton Squaring 81 69 83 82
Cotton Setting Bolls 25 11 14 24
Peanut Pegging 49 37 77 65
Soybean Emerged 95 89 94 91
Soybean Blooming 25 14 31 18
HARVESTED:
Hay 2nd cutting 34 24 57 52
Peaches 34 20 47 38 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Hail and wind damage from isolated storm systems that moved across the county in the last two weeks have been reported. Corn and tobacco seemed to have been impacted the most.
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension
Soil moisture variable with scattered rain patterns which have repeatedly hit and missed the same localities. Overall we are dry and could use a general rain. Sandy soils are in severe water deficit in places. Probable rain today for eastern portions of region. Tim Hall – Agronomist Region 4
Storm on Wednesday night caused wind damage to corn, blew tobacco around and broke some limbs out of peach trees.
Cathy Herring – Central Crops Research Station
Got a good look at field conditions late last week for the area. Most crops are looking very good at this point. Light insect damage to cotton, soybeans, and tobacco plants. Tobacco fields are being primed and topped. Disease management for peanuts has begun. The corn crop is over for many area farmers; saw a grower this morning who showed me 3 ears of corn with no kernels due to poor pollination.
Roy Thagard - Greene County Extension
Frequent rains is delaying the completion of planting of double cropped soybeans. Also stink bugs have been bad in isolated cases in corn. The harvesting of cabbage and Irish potatoes is still underway. Al Wood – Pasquotank County Extension
Overall, crops are really struggling with very dry and hot conditions. Some corn will not even be fit for silage. The soybeans that are up are waiting for rain, with seemingly little growth in the last few weeks. Some cattle producers are having to feed hay because pastures are so poor. Many are worried a second cutting of hay may not occur if dry conditions persist.
Wheat harvest is pretty well finished with varied yields. Double cropped soybeans are emerging better than expected due to timely rainfall. Showers have helped all crops, but more rain is needed, especially in the southern part of the county. Tobacco is being topped, with good growth. Growers in the southern part of the county have been irrigating crops for over two weeks until they received rainfall this week. Hay is still being cut, but quality is pretty low. Stephen Bishop – Cleveland NRCS
Scattered rainfall across the county again this week. Some areas though continue to remain dry to very-dry, especially with the increased temperatures this week.
Jan McGuinn - Rutherford County Extension
Scattered showers are helping, but rain is still needed. Mostly likely we will only get one cutting of hay if we do not receive more rain. Julia Houck – Ashe/Alleghany County FSA
The week was predominately warm and dry with temperatures in the mid 80's and only light, highly scattered thunderstorms. Most areas of the county received less than 0.5"of rainfall.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
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