Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/17/15
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 6.5 5.9 5.1 5.3 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 20 36 41 3
Subsoil Moisture 17 37 42 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 11 16 30 32 11 Cotton 2 8 24 55 11 Hay 13 16 37 28 6 Pasture 19 24 32 21 4 Peanuts 1 5 20 63 11 Soybeans 7 12 29 43 9 Sweet Potatoes 0 6 44 46 4 Tobacco: Flue Cured 3 10 31 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 94 90 90 94
Corn Dented 80 68 77 82
Corn Mature 44 23 35 47
Cotton Setting Bolls 89 82 93 94
Soybean Blooming 81 72 79 79
Soybean Setting Pods 56 44 53 50
HARVESTED:
Apples 24 20 35 19
Corn Silage 36 25 26 41
Hay 2nd cutting 64 60 80 77
Peaches 74 70 78 81
Tobacco Flue Cured 31 23 35 54 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Corn and soybeans planted early are okay. Those that planted a little later are suffering. Poor pollination in corn and soybeans small.
Donna Teasley – Burke County Extension
Received some needed showers during the week, but those were spotty across the county and didn't even slow down farm operations. Tobacco harvest continued, with early reports that the crop is a bit light. Soybeans look good, but rain is needed to set and fill pods. Dairy farmers are cutting corn silage, with yields ranging from 15 to 20 tons per acre. Pastures are pretty dry, and some farmers are feeding hay.
Paul Westfall – Granville County Extension
Tobacco crop is light from first cuttings. Soybeans are progressing but disease is setting in some areas. Silage corn is being cut and will continue through this week. Pasture conditions are all over the board due to rainfall.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Rowan County is very dry, with little to no rain. Some areas have had no rain for weeks. Soybeans are very poor and hay is being fed with no hay left for storage. Growers are seeking hay in other counties and even states.
Danelle Cutting – Rowan County Extension
Very dry conditions are hurting soybean and cotton crops.
Cathy Herring – Central Crops Research Station
Spotty showers that seem to fall mostly on urban areas. Many areas have yet to receive meaningful rain. Farmers are feeding hay that would have been needed for this winter.
Carl Pless – Cabarrus County Extension
Very dry conditions in the sandhills have slowed growth on most crops, especially hay crops. Many farms will not get a third cutting on their fields leading to a possible hay shortage this winter.
Taylor Williams – Moore County Extension
Rain is needed for the crops that are currently in the reproductive stage such as soybean and cotton as well as the cabbage that is currently being planted. Growers are also addressing pests of soybean.
Al Wood – Pasquotank County Extension
Corn harvest has started for most growers, with some yields looking very good. Soybeans are looking well also. Moisture conditions remain dry.
Daniel Simpson –Pamlico County Extension
Corn harvest is picking up in the county with reports of a lot of variability in yield. Worm treatments have been going out in soybean. Bolls are opening in early planted cotton. Tobacco harvest continues. Hay fields are slowly recovering from the extreme dry weather in the past weeks. The area could use some more rain at this time.
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension
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