Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 11/30/15
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT VS ST A SS Topsoil Moisture 4 4 60 32
Subsoil Moisture 4 4 65 27
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 5.1 3.5 3.5 5.0 CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Barley 0 5 18 77 0 Oats 0 1 24 74 1 Pasture 6 15 42 34 3 Wheat 2 9 20 64 5 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: Wheat Emerged 60 40 73 64
PLANTED:
Barley 91 81 94 96
Oats 88 75 96 96
Wheat 75 57 87 88
HARVESTED:
Cotton 85 71 91 92
Peanuts Threshed 90 85 99 99
Soybeans 70 58 75 76
Sweet Potatoes 93 90 97 99 Temps were relatively mild for the week with highs mainly in the mid 50's and lows in the upper 20's with no rain. Main farm activities included harvesting Christmas trees, tending livestock, stripping burley tobacco, and winterizing equipment.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
Some soybeans were harvested during the week as fields dried enough to get equipment on. Wheat planting followed soybean harvest on those fields. Soil sampling has been increasing with the fee season looming. Many people have brought samples for analysis that were too wet and needed to be dried before sending them to the lab. Paul Westfall – Granville County Extension
Finally growers are able to start back combining soybeans, grain sorghum and corn. Wheat and cover crop planting continues. Soybean, grain sorghum and corn quality continue to decline. Many fields are rutted-up due to combining with high soil moisture therefore no-till fields may require some tillage to level them back up before the next crop can be planted. Growers are taking soil samples and are making plans for the next year. They are hoping next year is better than this one.
Robin Watson – Agronomist Region 8
Late wheat planting continued. Some wheat will not be planted. Soybean harvest continues still dockage on soybean quality.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Soybean harvest picked up significantly this week.
Mike Wilder – Agronomist Region 6
More than 4" of rain fell late last week, stopping soybean harvest across Pender County. Drier weather through the week of Nov 23 let fields dry out, enabling farmers to get back in the fields late in the week. Soybean harvest might wrap up in early December if no more rain falls the week of Nov 30.
Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
Farmers made a lot of progress harvesting soybeans, milo and cotton and seeding small grain this week. Mild weather has allowed pastures to continue slow growth. Livestock farmers are feeding hay which is in short supply.
Carl Pless – Cabarrus County Extension
The weather was much more favorable for field work with most fields being dried up enough to get soybeans harvested over the weekend. Over seeded pastures seem to not have been too negatively impacted by all the rain with most rye grass pastures looking nice and lush.
Taylor Williams – Moore County Extension
Conditions dried out enough last week that farmers could resume soybean harvest and wheat planting. It has been a very wet November, and farmers are running behind getting wheat planted
Stephen Bishop – Cleveland NRCS
Farmers made some head way in the latter part of the week getting crops out. Fields are still wet in areas leaving field conditions in bad shape after harvesting equipment. Small grains are still being planted.
Mac Malloy - Robeson County Extension
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Wet soils, frequent rains and high crop moisture content continue to delay harvest and result in poor commodity quality. Similar climatic conditions prevented any timely wheat planting.
Mike Carroll - Craven County Extension
Folks are harvesting anywhere they can at this point. Wet spots in the field could be abandoned if conditions do not allow for drying out. Still a lot of crops left to be harvested. Some wheat has been replanted due to poor emergence.
Roy Thagard – Greene County Extension
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