Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 9/8/15
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 5.7 6.3 6.0 5.7 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 14 33 48 5
Subsoil Moisture 16 29 50 5
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Apples 0 2 33 62 3 Corn 11 17 27 34 11 Cotton 3 9 22 56 10 Hay 13 19 33 30 5 Pasture 19 27 28 22 4 Peanuts 2 5 24 59 10 Soybeans 7 12 28 43 10 Sweet Potatoes 1 6 37 51 5 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 Dented 96 93 94 98
Corn Mature 86 78 86 92
Cotton Bolls Opening 44 28 28 41
Soybean Setting Pods 89 80 83 88
Soybean Dropping Leaves 14 n/a 10 n/a
HARVESTED:
Apples 42 35 52 39
Corn for Grain 44 29 37 42
Corn Silage 64 53 56 79
Hay 2nd cutting 80 73 92 90
Hay 3rd cutting 36 28 60 39
Peaches 93 89 88 93
Tobacco Flue Cured 54 47 57 61
Tobacco Burley 32 20 34 52 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Continued high temperatures and lack of rainfall have resulted in declining field conditions. Fall hay cutting has been greatly impacted. Livestock producers continue to feed spring harvest.
Jan McGuinn –Randolph County Extension
The soybean crop is struggling this year to set pods. The dry weather led to a poor bloom and not many pods. Bean yields this year will be well below average if any beans at all are harvested on many farms. Discussions have already started about
cutting beans for hay since we will have a shortage of hay this winter. We did receive rain last week, but it was too late for this year's bean crop and tobacco crop.
Charles Mitchell – Franklin County Extension
Most of the county received some rainfall during the week, but amounts varied widely, from .1 to an inch. Most areas were on the .1 inch end of the range. Field work didn't slow down. Tobacco harvest continued, along with corn silage harvest. A few soybean fields are dropping leaves, mainly due to disease pressure and low soil moisture. Forage crops are still dormant due to low soil moisture, thought some low quality hay is being cut. Some farmers are feeding hay to livestock.
Paul Westfall – Granville County Extension
Some parts of the county have still not received enough rain for their crops. Some areas have received a little rain but it is still inadequate.
Danelle Cutting – Rowan County Extension
Dry conditions continue to persist as cool season planting season starts up. Several cattle producers are already trucking in hay, some from eastern NC and others from Tennessee.
Stephen Bishop – Cleveland NRCS
More rain last week gave the pasture grass the boost it needed for farmers to fit in a third cutting. Soybeans are looking much better after the recent rains as well. Sorghum has been hit hard by the sugar cane aphid.
Taylor Williams – Moore County Extension
Got a lot of rain last week in the area, 5.5 inches at my house. Corn yields are variable from 30-230 bushel/acre. Tobacco and sweet potato harvest are coming along.
Roy Thagard – Greene County Extension
Corn harvest has started. Moistures are a bit high 18%-20% but growers are moving forward to avoid late season hurricane threats. Expect harvest to ramp up considerably this week. Soybean crop potential looks good across most of the county. Flooded areas and/or beans on droughty soils are weak, with some frogeye leaf spot hurting early Group IV beans but overall yield potential looks good.
Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
Rain early in the week delayed field work some areas. Corn, tobacco, and sweet potato harvest continues. Some tobacco is not holding up well in the field. Soybeans are looking better with recent rains. Late planted soybean are looking at good yield
potential. Cotton defoliation should begin soon. Cover crops are going in behind corn
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension
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