Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 9/14/15
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 5.3 5.7 4.4 5.5 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 10 29 54 7
Subsoil Moisture 14 26 53 7
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Apples 0 2 33 62 3 Corn 12 17 27 34 10 Cotton 3 9 23 55 10 Hay 14 19 32 31 4 Pasture 18 26 29 23 4 Peanuts 2 5 24 58 11
Soybeans 7 12 28 43 10 Sweet Potatoes 1 6 37 52 4 Tobacco Burley 0 1 43 53 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 Mature 91 86 91 95
Cotton Bolls Opening 60 44 45 57
Soybean Setting Pods 93 89 87 93
Soybean Dropping Leaves 24 14 15 12
HARVESTED:
Apples 49 42 58 47
Corn for Grain 57 44 50 58
Corn Silage 74 64 68 85
Hay 2nd cutting 84 80 95 93
Hay 3rd cutting 41 36 65 47
Peaches 96 93 94 96
Sweet Potatoes 11 n/a 26 15
Tobacco Flue Cured 62 54 64 70
Tobacco Burley 40 32 39 64 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Continued very dry weather has devastated hay crop and pasture land. Some parts of the county such as Glen Alpine, Hildebran and Brendeltown are extremely dry. Rainfall is very spotty at best and those that are getting some rain are getting very little while others have seen no rain.
Donna Teasley - Burke County Extension
Scattered showers throughout the county have not made up the deficit of rainfall in Rutherford County. Livestock producers are using hay reserves now and will be in need of hay this winter.
Janice Nicholson - Rutherford County FSA Office
The county received some much needed rain during the week; however, amounts were highly variable with scattered showers. Most areas received around an inch total rainfall for the week. Soil conditions remain quite dry however. Silage harvest continues and most of the burley tobacco crop is cut and in the barn. Other farm activities included tending livestock, shearing and tagging Christmas trees.
Stanley Holloway - Yancey County Extension
Corn harvest going well. Soybean crop needs rain to boost crop.
Tommy Grandy – Currituck County Extension
We received more rain last week which has produced improvement in nearly all crops. We are still seeing damage to sorghum crops due to the sugar cane aphid and expect dramatically decreased yields
Taylor Williams - Moore County Extension
Recent rains have greatly benefited the soybean, cabbage, and cotton crop. Tasks currently being carried out on the farm include pest management of soybean and cabbage as well as harvesting of corn, some soybean being harvested, and primary tillage of land to be planted to wheat.
Al Wood – Pasquotank County Extension
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
Spotty showers have delayed some growers harvesting corn while others have finished. Tobacco harvest is mostly complete. Early maturing soybeans are dropping leaves. Even though conditions are damp, some ditch work is taking place.
Daniel Simpson - Pamlico County Extension
Corn harvest is progressing slowly. Moistures are high and rainfall has delayed combines getting in the field. Yields are sporadic with the average looking like 110-115 bushels per acre. Soybean yield potential looks good with full canopy beans across the county. Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
Corn harvest continues with some areas report well below average yields while other reports are better. Irrigation certainly paid this year. Early cotton is being defoliated and harvest should begin soon. Sorghum harvest has started with sugarcane aphid populations building in some areas again after previous treatments.
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension
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