Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 10/12/15
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT VS ST A SS Topsoil Moisture 4 4 45 47
Subsoil Moisture 4 6 60 30
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 3.3 1.1 5.8 n/a CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Cotton 8 18 34 36 4 Pasture 10 19 41 27 3 Peanuts 5 14 34 40 7 Soybeans 11 18 28 37 6 Sweet Potatoes 2 17 34 44 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:
Cotton Bolls Opening 93 87 91 92
Soybean Dropping Leaves 67 54 58 56
HARVESTED:
Apples 75 70 80 79
Corn for Grain 88 85 84 91
Hay 3rd cutting 69 64 79 71
Peanuts Threshed 11 n/a 30 28
Sweet Potatoes 35 27 58 55
Tobacco Flue Cured 84 79 89 93
Tobacco Burley 75 60 79 92 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Rutherford County reported receiving 10 inches of slow soaking rain. Pastures and crops that had survived the previous drought benefited greatly from this rain.
Janice Nicholson – Rutherford County FSA Office
Growers are slowly finishing up tobacco harvest. With 10 percent of the crop left in the field during the hurricane we lost probably 10 percent of what was left. Curing is going to be difficult. Pastures are looking a little better due to rainfall and cooler weather.
Charles Mitchell – Franklin County Extension
After 11+ inches of rain in most places, we are behind in harvest. Seeing Group 4 beans sprout, some corn left out is sprouting and most tobacco greened back up.
John Ivey – Guilford County Extension
Many crops suffered damage from recent rain events. Tobacco harvest has resumed but other crops like peanut and sweet potato harvest has been slowed due to rain over the weekend.
Don Nicholson - Agronomist Region 7
Farmers are still assessing their losses. They report widespread damage to tobacco in fields, cotton and sweetpotatoes.
Taylor Williams – Moore County Extension
Fields are wet from rains. Farmers are slowly returning to fields to harvest. Corn harvest is nearing completion. Soybean harvest has not begun , and expecting crop damage.
Tommy R Grandy – Currituck County Extension
The sandy soils in much of Harnett County were conducive to good drainage, allowing heavy harvest equipment back into the field very quickly. Tobacco, Sweetpotato, sorghum and cotton harvest have resumed. Despite the recent rain ponds have not returned to normal levels. Some fields of grain sorghum are being harvested as hay due to drought, disease, and sugarcane aphid damage.
Brian Parrish - Harnett County Extension Although rain fall has not occurred this week, cloudy weather and wet field conditions has hindered the harvesting of corn and soybeans. There are issues with grain quality for soybeans, but it could be much worse than it is. Growers are also preparing land
for wheat planting. The cabbage crop looks very good at this time.
Al Wood – Pasquotank County Extension
Farmers were able to start back harvesting Wednesday this past week. Most crops are going to see a 20% loss in yield or so, with some damage yet to be realized. Concern is over quality of harvested seed, whether seed will sprout in these wet conditions. I have seen this in cotton, peanuts, corn, and soybean fields already.
Roy Thagard - Greene County Extension
Excessive rain last week and early this week have prevented most field operations. Wet, rainy overcast weather for 12 straight days has led to some cotton starting to sprout in the bolls. Wet field conditions has prevented the timely application of cotton
defoliants in many fields. Wet conditions prevented the planting of strawberries this week.
Cathy Herring – Central Crops Research Station
Recent excessive rainfall has significantly impacted most crops across the region, especially sweet potatoes, peanuts, tobacco, early maturity soybeans, cotton, sorghum, and corn. Two weeks of rainy conditions has created seed sprouting and deterioration in these crops. Yields and quality will be significantly reduced in areas receiving the most rainfall. Strawberry transplanting is somewhat delayed as well.
Georgia Love – Agronomist Region 5
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