Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/24/15
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 6.0 6.5 5.6 5.3 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 17 37 42 4
Subsoil Moisture 16 36 45 3
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Apples 0 2 34 61 3 Corn 11 16 29 33 11 Cotton 2 7 25 55 11 Hay 13 17 37 28 5 Pasture 18 25 31 21 5 Peanuts 1 5 21 63 10 Soybeans 6 12 31 41 10 Sweet Potatoes 0 6 42 47 5 Tobacco: Flue Cured 2 10 32 46 10 Tobacco: Burley 0 1 42 54 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 97 94 94 97
Corn Dented 89 80 85 90
Corn Mature 66 44 52 66
Cotton Setting Bolls 95 89 96 97
Cotton Bolls Opening 13 n/a n/a 12
Soybean Blooming 91 81 84 85
Soybean Setting Pods 69 56 67 66
HARVESTED:
Apples 30 24 38 25
Corn for Grain 14 n/a n/a 12
Corn Silage 44 36 37 55
Hay 2nd cutting 70 64 83 82
Hay 3rd cutting 20 n/a 38 23
Peaches 81 74 81 86
Tobacco Flue Cured 40 31 40 42
Tobacco Burley 15 n/a 14 30 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Scattered rainfall continued this week. Amounts not significant enough to correct crop moisture needs. Livestock producers are continuing to utilize hay reserves to supplement pasture feeding.
Jan McGuinn - Rutherford County Extension
Franklin County is extremely dry currently. Some areas of the county have not seen but a tenth of an inch of rain in the last 3 months. Many pastures and hay fields are drying up and will need to be renovated this fall. Soybeans are in need of rain in order to set pods and start the development of beans. The tobacco crop is suffering in areas and the dry weather is causing problems with curing the green leaf. Tobacco yields will be reduced and farmers are still irrigating to try to develop the crop. We are listed as being in a moderate drought, but our crops and hay fields are showing signs of severe drought situations.
Charles Mitchell - Franklin County Extension
In the last two weeks, some heavy scattered thunderstorms have helped many parts of the county. It may be too little too late for some soybean fields. In areas that have received rain, pastures and hay fields have started to green up after looking scorched for most of the summer. Still, hay will likely be in short supply going into the winter in this area.
Stephen Bishop – Cleveland NRCS
Heavy downpours of up to 5 inches fell very quickly on some areas with a lot of runoff. Pastures and hay fields have begun to turn green and start growing, though many farmers are feeding hay. Soybeans and sorghum are also growing.
Carl Pless – Cabarrus County Extension
I've heard some farmers will start to harvest corn and sweet potatoes this week. Growers have had an unusually hard time controlling corn earworm in soybeans lately. This is creating the need for multiple sprays in the same field. Tobacco harvest is progressing slowly, we're seeing disease take over portions of fields. It's going to be difficult for farmers to get this crop out before disease spreads in many fields. 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.
Roy Thagard - Greene 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
Pender County received 0" of rain in some areas last week, some areas 3". Coastal showers/storms set up late in the day Friday causing localized flooding in some places. Soybeans look good in most areas. Corn harvest is at 15% of the county's crop harvested.
Mark Seitz - Pender County Extension
Most parts of the county received some varied amount of rainfall last week from a few tenths in the southern portion to over 5 inches in isolated spots in the very northern tip of the county. Crop conditions have improved slightly. Corn and tobacco harvest continues.
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension
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