Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 1/4/16
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 1.3 N/A 2.8 N/A SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 0 0 45 55
Subsoil Moisture 0 0 55 45
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT
VP P F G EX
Barley 6 10 46 36 2
Oats 5 11 46 35 3
Pasture 6 15 42 34 3
Wheat 7 15 36 35 7
Pasture & Range 8 16 48 26 2
VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS 8-15 inches rain in month of December. 5-8 inches for report week. Small grain fields too wet for equipment travel. Approximately 10% of soybean and corn crop still standing in field. October through December received near record rainfall.
Dwayne Tate – Agronomist Region 12
Feeding livestock has become difficult due to the above normal rainfall.
Julia Houck – Ashe-Alleghany County FSA
Way too much water! The warm conditions have helped pastures, allowing for some growth/recovery which is good for those short on hay. Small grain has suffered and will be adversely impacted.
Tim Hambrick – Forsyth County Extension
The rain is hindering the planting of wheat and harvesting of crops with flooding in low areas but the warmer temperatures and rain have boosted pastures that had taken a hit during the drought earlier this year.
Janice Nicholson – Rutherford County FSA
During the month of December it has been above normal on temperature ranges and we have had an excessive amount of rainfall in the county. This caused some farmers not to completely finish harvesting their soybeans and planting all of their small grain. Those grain growers that got their wheat planted, have a good stand of wheat. The warm temperatures has caused strawberry growers to have 5 to 6 crowns per plant with some blooms; not good for this time of the year. Bee Keepers have been constantly feeding sugar water to their hives because of the warm temperature which has increased bee activity. Tobacco growers are cleaning up greenhouses and getting ready for sowing in February. Livestock producers are grazing stockpiled fescue and others are feeding hay and grain supplies.
Joey Knight –Caswell County Extension
December has been very wet and unusual temperatures. Early wheat has lost quite a bit of nitrogen. Late planted wheat has rotted in the ground and will struggle to tiller in late winter early spring.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Extremely wet conditions have hurt small grains because of lost stand due to drowning in saturated soils in areas. Warm weather has helped with the growth of late planted rapeseed, but there are drowned spots in this crop too. Strawberries have been blooming like its April, which could be bad for the crop when it's actually April.
Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
Hessian fly pressure is high in early planted wheat.
Georgia Love– Agronomist Region 5
Still lots of soybeans in the field. Around 30%.
Art Bradley - Edgecombe County Extension
Frequent rains prevented about 80% in Carteret and over 90% in Craven of wheat planting.
Mike Carroll – Carteret/Craven County Extension
Rain continued to delay cotton and soybean harvest during December. Some of the cotton will not be harvestable due to the weather. Soybeans are damaged due to the warm humid conditions. Wheat is being adversely affected by the unusually wet warm conditions in December.
Cathy Herring – Central Crops Research Station
Field conditions remain wet. Small grains have suffered from delayed planting, poor germination, and flooding in low parts of fields. Winter weeds are actively growing but field conditions have prevented timely applications.
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension
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