Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 5/2/16
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg 5.3 5.6 4.7 4.6 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 3 15 74 8
Subsoil Moisture 1 11 78 10
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Barley 1 13 42 39 5 Corn 0 2 24 60 14 Oats 1 8 33 53 5 Pasture 2 16 39 38 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
PLANTED:
Corn 84 73 70 80
Tobacco: Flue Cured 42 17 35 45
PHENOLOGICAL: Wheat 6 17 33 37 7
Corn % Emerged 55 34 40 54
Wheat % Headed 59 40 54 68 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS The county received some much needed rain mid-week and again late in the week. Precipitation levels were variable across the county ranging from around an inch of rain in some areas to over 3" in others causing some minor flash flooding. The rain did limit field activities; however, corn planting and additional field preparations continue. Early planted corn is starting to emerge and some transplanting of vegetable crops, particularly brassicas has begun. Pastures and hay ground are responding nicely to fertilization. Stanley Holloway - Yancey County Extension
Very dry. Very little rain this week. Pastures are dry!
Donna Teasley – Burke County Extension
Rainfall this week has helped, but rain is still needed. Producers are applying fertilizer and lime to pasture and hay lands. Vegetable producers have started planting on plastic.
Julia Houck – Ashe-Alleghany County Extension
First tobacco fields were transplanted during the week. Progress was good. Corn planting continued, and expect soybeans to be planted soon. First cutting of hay began with a few fields cut and baled. Forage growth improved with warmer temperatures overnight and rainfall. Showers and rain helped reduce the moisture deficit. Paul Westfall - Granville County Extension
Corn planting is coming to an end with the stand looking excellent so far. Tobacco is being set in the field and looks really good at this point. Expect soybean and cotton planting to pick up this week. Most areas received rain this weekend.
Mac Malloy - Robeson County Extension
Farmers have made good progress in planting corn and tobacco. This rain we're expecting this week will help replenish topsoil moisture ahead of soybean, cotton, and peanut planting.
Roy Thagard – Greene County Extension
A little hail damage on some tobacco planted, not enough to damage wheat that has headed.
Tim Britton – Johnston County Extension
Recent rains have been very welcome on the tobacco crop, however there was some damage by hail in some areas late in the week. Wheat crop shaping up to be just fair by recent standards. Rains were also welcome on the rapeseed crop. Strawberries seem to be very good.
Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
Most if not all corn has been planted and soybeans are going in the ground. Tobacco transplanting is in full swing. We could use a good shower as things are beginning to dry down. Rain showers have been brief and sporadic across much of the county.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
Tobacco transplanting is in full swing. Corn planting is moving along good weather created good planting conditions. Winter wheat still is thin and is starting to head out much of the wheat is thin and did not tiller well.
Gary Cross - Person County Extension
Peaches and other stone fruits, as well as blueberries and blackberries, suffered severe losses that approached 100% at some locations in the Carthage area. I estimate the blueberry crop losses due to freeze at between 30-60%, blackberry at 40%, and peaches range from 30% to 100%. We will know more later since many stone fruits continue to swell for a month or more past bloom, only to abort during pit hardening if the embryo is damaged (we call them "zombie peaches). One farmer I spoke to over the weekend, expressing gratitude for last week's rains, said he had considered feeding hay due to drought stunted pasture. Taylor Williams - Moore County Extension
A big % of the wheat rated very poor and poor has been abandoned, and did not have any additional fertilizer applied this wheat, and in some cases oats also, is being used for a cover crop, and in some farms, has already been disced under.
Michael Shaw - Columbus County Extension
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