Source: USDA' S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/10/15
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 5.9 6.6 4.1 5.3 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 13 35 47 5
Subsoil Moisture 12 35 49 4
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Apples 0 2 38 57 3 Corn 9 15 31 34 11 Cotton 1 7 24 54 14 Hay 11 16 38 29 6 Pasture 18 25 31 22 4 Peanuts 0 4 21 62 13 Soybeans 6 11 28 45 10
Sweet Potatoes 0 4 45 47 4 Tobacco: Flue Cured 3 11 30 47 9 Tobacco: Burley 0 2 43 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 Dough 90 84 85 91
Corn Dented 68 56 66 73
Corn Mature 23 n/a 20 27
Cotton Setting Bolls 82 74 89 88
Peanut Pegging 95 90 97 99
Soybean Blooming 72 60 70 68
Soybean Setting Pods 44 34 45 38
HARVESTED:
Apples 20 15 31 16
Corn Silage 25 11 16 26
Hay 2nd cutting 60 54 77 74
Peaches 70 65 75 77
Tobacco Flue Cured 23 17 29 26 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS A few scattered rain showers brought some welcome moisture to parts of the county; however, precipitation amounts were very light with most areas receiving less than a half inch of rain. Second cutting hay is beginning; however, harvest is off due to the seasons predominately dry weather conditions. The hot, dry weather has also caused cool season grass pastures to slow drastically. Vegetable harvest continues, especially tomatoes, beans, and sweet corn.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
The county's crops are showing sign of drought stress. Rainfall is much needed. Tobacco growers are harvesting and getting ready to sell their crop at the receiving stations. Dairy farmers are getting ready to start harvesting corn for silage because the foliage on the corn is beginning to dry up. Home gardeners are finishing up harvesting their spring planted vegetables. Some of the livestock farmers are beginning to feed hay because the pastures have lessen in quality and amounts in feed sources. Soybeans setting blooms are dropping off and the late planted crop behind wheat harvesting needs moisture in order to get any growth desirable for a descent production yield.
Joey Knight – Caswell County Extension
Needed the rains we got Thursday and Friday but too much in places, up to 8 inches some localities. Most of region has adequate moisture for the next few days.
Tim Hall – Agronomist Region 4
Conditions continue to be quite dry and hot, despite slightly cooler temperatures and a rain event which in some areas was quite a lot of rain, but very fast and spotty.
Paige Burns – Richmond County Extension
Rain finally fall across much of the county during this time period after a two week hiatus. Most of the cotton has cut-out due to the extended hot and dry weather the crop had experienced. Group 2 and 3 soybeans are shedding leaves and clary sage will be planted following their harvest. Scattered report of cotton being treated for stinkbug infestations. Corn earworms and tobacco budworms reported in peanuts at threshold levels. This insect pests are also showing up in soybean and grain sorghum fields.
Richard Rhodes – Bertie County Extension
Harnett County is very dry, with crop conditions getting worse each day without rain. Hot dry conditions are also adversely affecting pasture and hay crops.
Brian Parrish – Harnett County Extension
Much needed rainfall occurred across much of the county. Much of the soybean crop is reaching full bloom or setting pods so the timing was perfect to help hang on to higher yield potential. A few farmers started harvesting early planted, short season corn this week. Most corn harvest won't begin until later in August.
Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
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