Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 6/12/16
DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg. 6.0 4.6 5.8 5.2 SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT
VS ST A SS
Topsoil Moisture 1 18 68 13
Subsoil Moisture 1 9 75 15
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Barley 1 14 43 38 4 Corn 2 4 20 56 18 Cotton 5 6 29 55 5
Hay 1 7 42 45 5 Oats 1 7 37 51 4 Pasture 2 9 37 46 6 Peanut 0 2 15 69 14 Soybean 1 5 25 59 10 Sorghum 1 3 19 72 5 Sweet Potato 0 0 14 81 5 Tobacco: Flue Cured 0 2 17 67 14 Tobacco: Burley 0 0 21 73 6 Wheat 11 18 33 32 6 Peach 14 10 49 22 5 Apple 10 11 39 39 1 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:
Cotton: Upland 98 86 93 98
Peanuts 93 81 95 99
Sorghum 75 59 n/a n/a
Soybeans 67 57 67 64
Sweet Potato 65 48 56 58
Tobacco: Burley 71 57 78 85
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn % Silking 16 n/a n/a 11
Soybean % Emerged 56 42 53 51
HARVESTED:
Barley 45 16 40 n/a
Hay 1st Cutting 83 71 88 89
Oats 39 n/a 43 n/a
Wheat 22 n/a 16 35
COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS
Wheat harvest has been in full swing with less than expected yields. Test weights have been low and variable. Most growers report break even yields or less with some good yields scattered here and there of around 80 bu/A. The corn crop looks excellent and has been pollinating heavily during this past week. Some tobacco in the southern part of this region had contact sucker control applied last. Georgia Love – Agronomist Region 5
Weather has been favorable for making hay. Hay crop varies from good to poor. Some hay was short and thin and other was fair to good. Julia Houck – Ashe, Alleghany County Extension
Rutherford County is extremely dry, being almost 2 inches behind in rainfall for the month of June. Hay is being harvested taking advantage of the dry days but yield is diminished due to the lack of rain this spring.
Janice Nicholson – Rutherford County Extension
Dry weather this week has allowed a lot of first cutting of hay to take place. Last week’s rain and this week’s warm weather has allowed crops to begin growing rapidly.
Jeff Vance - Mitchell County Extension
Rains finally ended, allowing harvest of wheat, and planting of beans. Seed quality of beans is poor, resulting in some thin stands. Some parts of the County lost their entire peach crop. to freeze. Those near Candor fared best, those in Cameron worst, with an entire crop lost.
Taylor Williams – Moore County Extension
Good weather has allowed wheat harvesting to start yields and test weight are low. Tobacco transplanting is done and some plants are stressed due to hot weather conditions. Corn is starting to green up after heavy rains the week before. Soybean planting is progressing slow due to wet fields. Grain Sorghum is stated to be planted but progress is slow. Haying for first cutting is about to wrap up. Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Most stands of corn and soybeans look pretty good right now, though conditions are drying out fast with not much rain in the forecast. There is still a lot of hay being cut, and wheat harvest is underway. Stephen Bishop – Cleveland County SWCD
Hay harvest and sweet potato planting are in full swing. Wheat and Clary sage harvests are getting started. Tobacco size ranges from one to four feet, related to planting date. Tobacco crop overall looks very good regardless of size, growing rapidly.
Mike Wilder – Agronomist Region 6
Rain over the last 2-3 weeks has saturated large swaths of the county. The rains came so quickly and so heavy that water still stands in many fields. Stands of corn that looked excellent prior to heavy rains now have large areas where the corn completely drowned. Cotton didn't fare well with rains either. One cotton farmer stated that he has probably lost one quarter to one half of his entire cotton crop due to 15 inches of rainfall since the first week of May. Howard Wallace – Hoke County Extension
TS Collin spared Pender with only 1.5" to 2" of rain instead of the 6"-8" threat. Clear skies and dry weather at the end of the week is allowing farmers to get back in the field to resume soybean planting. Wheat harvest should begin early next week if dry weather stays. Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
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