Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 5/16/16
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 4.9 2.6 6.0 4.9 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 1 9 74 16
Subsoil Moisture 1 7 77 15
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Barley 1 13 41 40 5 Corn 0 1 22 63 14 Oats 1 7 36 52 4 Pasture 2 13 40 40 5 Wheat 6 18 35 35 6 Peach 11 7 55 21 6 Apple 14 15 47 23 1 Tobacco: Flue Cured 0 0 25 64 11 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 94 88 92 95 Cotton: Upland 39 10 36 51
Peanuts 29 n/a 30 38
Sorghum 22 n/a n/a n/a
Soybeans 24 10 22 21
Tobacco: Flue Cured 78 49 80 82
Tobacco: Burley 20 n/a 22 45
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn % Emerged 82 66 79 85
Wheat % Headed 91 82 92 95
HARVESTED:
Hay 1st Cutting 31 14 38 33 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Rain mid-week limited field activities. Precipitation amounts were variable across the county with most areas receiving between 1"-2" of rain. Good progress was made planting the corn crop and burley tobacco and vegetable crop planting/transplanting continues. A few hay producers are just beginning their first cutting.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
The first cutting of hay is expected to be 50% less than average. Pastures are very slow regrowth even with some recent rains. Eddy Labus – Watauga County Extension
Fields dried enough for farmers to resume transplanting tobacco, but more rain is expected. Corn planting is just about finished, and farmers have started planting some soybeans, though most of these will be planted after wheat harvest. Weeds in tobacco and wheat are becoming a problem, especially in organic fields. Hay harvest is moving slowly due to frequent rain showers. Pastures are in pretty good shape and are providing good forage for livestock. Paul Westfall - Granville County Extension
We have lost almost 100% of our peaches so we will not have a crop this year.
Danelle Cutting – Rowan County Extension
We have had to replant some cotton and corn because of excessive wet soil conditions.
Craig Ellison – Northampton County Extension
Rain is delaying tobacco planting though producers are getting in the field wheat has headed and is getting rust and scab. Corn is looking good. Pastures are thin hay cutting tonnage may be down.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Most of the tobacco in Harnett has been transplanted with the remainder finishing up this week. A few isolated areas of tobacco had to be reset due to hail damage. Sweet potato transplanting started last week. Overall crops (excluding wheat) look really good at this point as a result of timely rains.
Brian Parrish – Harnett County Extension
We have great soil moisture conditions for planting this week. Unfortunately cooler night temperatures this week make cotton planting less than ideal. Seeing a lot of corn with sulfur deficiencies in the area due to low pH.
Roy Thagard – Green County Extension
Most of the county received rain this week providing improved topsoil moisture. Most corn is off to a really good start. Cotton, peanut, and soybean planting continues.
Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension
Limited rainfall this week allowed for cotton planting to go in full force. Many farmers have now completed cotton planting due to cutting back on acreage this year. Corn stands look excellent except for a few areas on extremely sandy ridges.
Howard Wallace – Hoke County Extension
Strawberry harvest has been good to excellent with cooler than normal temperatures through mid-May. Blueberry harvest is just beginning with growers indicating a good to excellent crop. Heavy showers/thunderstorms late last week dropped hard rains on some late planted corn. Standing water is affecting growth in some spots in some field.
Overall field corn stands are good to excellent at this point.
Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
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