Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 6/20/16
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT VS ST A SS Topsoil Moisture 3 20 66 11
Subsoil Moisture 2 13 72 13
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
6.3 6.0 6.3 5.7 CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Corn 2 4 21 56 17 Cotton 4 6 29 55 6 Hay 1 6 41 47 5 Pasture 2 10 38 44 6 Peanut 0 1 17 69 13 Soybean 1 5 26 58 10 Sorghum 1 4 21 69 5 Sweet Potato 0 0 24 73 3 Tobacco: Flue Cured 0 2 16 68 14 Tobacco: Burley 0 0 21 73 6
Peach 14 10 48 22 6 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:
Peanuts 97 93 96 99
Sorghum 88 75 n/a n/a Soybeans 79 67 78 75
Sweet Potato 80 65 70 71
Tobacco: Burley 75 71 84 92
PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn % Silking 36 16 23 33
Cotton % Squaring 12 n/a 25 22
Soybean % Emerged 68 56 64 63
HARVESTED:
Barley 78 45 66 n/a
Hay 1st Cutting 94 83 92 93
Oats 73 39 66 n/a
Peaches 10 n/a n/a 11
Wheat 63 22 52 61 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Dry soil conditions prevail even with light rain during the week. Precipitation amounts ranged from .1" to around 1" across the county with most areas receiving around a half inch. Corn and non-irrigated vegetable crops are starting to show drought stress. Hay producers have just about finished up with their first cutting and are very concerned that if we don't get rain soon, the second cutting is going to be very short.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
Cucumber harvest is in full swing. Cucurbit downy mildew has been detected on watermelon in Nash County.
Mike Wilder – Agronomist Region 6
Wheat harvesting is moving forward with double crop soybeans. Corn is stressing due to heat and so is some of the early tobacco that had too much rain and shallow rooting. Soybean planting is still not finished. Grain sorghum is being planted. Haying is for the most part done with first cutting. Wheat quality is poor and yields are down.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Moisture levels are getting critical for many crops, but especially so for tobacco that is beginning to push a flower and corn that is tasseling. Wheat yields are disappointing for many growers, ranging from less than 10 to 70 bushels per acre.
Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
Some areas have received a little rain but pasture quality has started to dwindle.
Danelle Cutting – Rowan County Extension
The rain last week, for the most part, missed Jones and Lenoir Counties. We could really use some rain to help alleviate the drought stress that the corn crop is experiencing. Some areas have not had rain for three weeks or more.
Jacob Morgan – Jones County Extension
Afternoon showers during the week slowed the remaining soybean planting. Potatoes continue to be harvested. Rains have been timely and not too excessive.
Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
Much wheat was harvested this past week. Hearing very poor wheat yields from growers; one reported a 7 bu./average for a farm tract. We could use a shower of rain, especially on the corn as it silks this week and next.
Roy Thagard – Greene County Extension
Wheat harvest is underway with below average yields being reported of 35 to 60 bushels per acre. Soybean and sweet potato planting continue. Tobacco is growing rapidly with many fields coming into top and flowering.
Brian Parrish – Harnett County Extension
Dry conditions all week allowed farmers to catch up on soybean planting and harvest much of the small amount of wheat planted in Pender County. Field corn is in excellent shape where drainage was adequate. Hot temperatures are drying out soils and rain is needed to keep temperatures moderate and allow for corn pollination to go on without damage.
Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
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