Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/8/16
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT VS ST A SS Topsoil Moisture 4 23 64 9
Subsoil Moisture 3 16 72 9
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
5.8 6.6 5.9 5.2 CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Apple 11 12 42 34 1 Corn 4 7 25 49 15 Cotton 4 8 24 57 7 Hay 1 10 38 46 5 Pasture 3 13 36 43 5 Peanut 1 3 14 68 14 Soybean 1 5 26 53 15 Sorghum 1 4 22 67 6 Sweet Potato 0 0 21 73 6 Tobacco: Flue Cured 1 5 22 62 10 Tobacco: Burley 0 0 20 74 6 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 PHENOLOGICAL:
Corn – Dough 93 88 88 89
Corn – Dented 75 55 65 67
Corn – Mature 25 10 18 23
Cotton – Squaring 96 94 98 99
Cotton – Setting Bolls 83 68 80 83
Peanuts – Pegging 95 90 94 97
Soybean – Blooming 76 66 69 64
Soybean – Setting Pods 47 37 41 35
HARVESTED:
Apple 20 17 19 16
Corn for Silage 22 n/a 21 19
Hay 2nd Cutting 72 65 58 67
Peaches 66 58 69 76
Tobacco: Flue Cured 28 18 21 25 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS The county has finally started to receive widespread rain. This has helped with the abnormally dry conditions.
Julia Houck - Ashe - Alleghany County Extension
Rain during the week has helped crops and pastures tremendously. Rainfall amounts were highly variable across the county with the southern portion of the county receiving very heavy rainfall resulting in localized flash flooding. One NC Climate
Weather Station reported 7.94" of rain for the week while another station in the northern portion of the county only reported 0.49" for the week. Pastures are responding well to the recent moisture; however, the second cutting hay crop is going to be very short in most areas. Vegetable harvest is in full swing and most of the burley tobacco crop is being topped.
Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
Crop conditions are less stressed due to cooler temperatures and less humidity. Target spot has caused significant damage to tobacco fields. Also there has been an increase in black shank and other diseases. Soybeans are getting some blight and disease issues. Heat took a toll on the corn. Second cuttings of hay are progressing. Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Usual farming activities happening. Tobacco harvest is progressing, though farmers are already worrying about late harvest since some fields are maturing very slowly. Soybeans have made a lot of progress in the last couple of weeks, especially double crop beans. Hay harvest has slowed due to summer weather. Livestock farmers are making plans for fall forages.
Paul Westfall - Granville County Extension Crops, overall, are very good. Rains have helped improve crop conditions affected by the recent hot, dry weather that could have been devastating to some crops had it continued.
Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
The very high temperatures and excessive rain in the past 3 weeks have caused an increase in disease in the tobacco crop, mainly Black Shank and Granville Wilt. Hopefully conditions will improve and these diseases will not continue to spread.
Jacob Morgan - Jones County Extension
Wet weather is delaying corn harvest. Soybeans are looking good with consistent moisture. Most areas could use a few days without rain. Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
Much needed rain fell early in the week across most of the county. NW Pender County and into southern Sampson County conditions remain on the dry side. Soybean crop conditions improved with rain. Early maturing corn varieties starting to be harvested. Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
Scattered showers improved soil moisture in parts of the county. Worm activity picked up in soybeans with some treatments being made this week. Mac Malloy – Robeson County Extension
Showers throughout the county have benefitted the crops tremendously and hopefully will continue.
Janice Nicholson – Rutherford County Extension
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