Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 9/21/15
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 6.7 5.3 5.6 5.8 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 16 32 47 5
Subsoil Moisture 16 30 49 5
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Apples 0 2 33 62 3 Cotton 3 9 23 55 10 Hay 14 19 32 31 4 Pasture 21 25 29 21 4 Peanuts 2 5 23 59 11 Soybeans 7 12 28 43 10 Sweet Potatoes 1 6 40 49 4 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 Mature 96 91 95 98
Cotton Bolls Opening 77 60 61 72
Soybean Setting Pods 96 93 92 96
Soybean Dropping Leaves 34 24 25 20
HARVESTED:
Apples 55 49 65 58
Corn for Grain 70 57 62 72
Corn Silage 85 74 74 89
Hay 2nd cutting 88 84 95 95
Hay 3rd cutting 52 41 69 54
Sweet Potatoes 15 11 34 23
Tobacco Flue Cured 69 62 73 79
Tobacco Burley 48 40 48 73 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Temperatures were cool this past week with scattered light frost. Rain is still needed as creek and river levels are low. Rain is needed for fall planted crops and reseeded pasture and hay land. Pumpkin harvest is going strong.
Julia Houck - Ashe –Alleghany County FSA
The county received a taste of fall early in the week as temperatures cooled with lows down into the mid 30's. Some areas of the county reported light frost; however, no significant plant or crop damage was reported. Soil conditions continue very dry as no rain was received for the week. The dry conditions have officials and local residents worried that it could be a very bad fall wildfire season. Pastures are failing rapidly and a few livestock producers have already started feeding a short hay crop. Silage harvest is nearly completed and most vegetable harvest is winding down.
Stanley Holloway - Yancey County Extension
With an inch of rain today it has been great since the last rainfall which was about 4 weeks ago. Hopefully this rainfall and cooler temperatures this week will bring back some new growth on recently planted turnip salad patches. Those strawberry growers that planted this past weekend timed the rainfall just right for proper plant set. Tobacco growers are cleaning up harvesting in a few fields. Soybeans that were double cropped behind wheat will not make maturity because the lack of rainfall during initial growing stages of the plant and the normal frost date of October 15. Some livestock growers have begun feeding some hay because of stressed pastures.
Joey Knight - Caswell County Extension
We have had no rain within the county, weather for the remainder of the week is still sunny but somewhat cooler. Crops are still in poor condition.
Danelle Cutting - Rowan County Extension
Very dry conditions across the County. Soybeans, grain sorghum, hay and pasture are in need of rain for pod, grain fill and growth. Stream flow has stopped or is very low across the County.
Carl Pless - Cabarrus County Extension
Peanut digging has begun. Cotton defoliation has begun.
Craig Ellison – Northampton County Extension
Peanut fields are at or near optimum maturity for digging, and several growers have peanuts dug and waiting to pick. A few acres have already been put in trailers. Cotton defoliation has got underway and some fields may be picked next week on a limited scale. Corn yields have a case of the good, bad and ugly with yields reported below 50 bushels to highs above 200 bushels per acre. Sage planting has generally gone pretty smoothly with many growers being successful in getting good stands established.
Richard Rhodes – Bertie County Extension
Most of Harnett County is very dry. Some sweet potato growers irrigating their crop. Sweet potato harvest has started. Tobacco farmers are beginning to finish fields and cut stalks. Corn harvest continues with well below average yields being reported. Soybeans need rain to help fill pods.
Brian Parrish – Harnett County Extension
Some early cotton varieties have been harvested and defoliation continues across the region. Soybeans continue to fill, but rain is needed across much of the crop. Tobacco is still being harvested, but quality is declining due to disease and deterioration. Marketing the crop has been a significant challenge this season. It appears that wheat planting intentions will decline due to market conditions.
Georgia Love – Agronomist Region 5
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