Source: USDA'S NASS NC FIELD OFFICE, 8/29/16
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT VS ST A SS Topsoil Moisture 7 27 58 8
Subsoil Moisture 4 22 65 9
VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK
This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Avg.
6.7 6.2 6.3 5.9 CROP CONDITION PERCENT VP P F G EX Apple 11 12 41 35 1 Corn 2 7 25 50 16 Cotton 3 8 26 56 7 Hay 1 7 46 40 6 Pasture 3 12 38 42 5 Peanut 0 4 14 68 14 Soybean 1 7 28 50 14 Sorghum 1 4 24 66 5 Sweet Potato 1 3 23 69 4 Tobacco: Flue Cured 3 6 25 57 9 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 – Dented 95 92 92 93
Corn – Mature 81 68 75 77
Cotton – Setting Bolls 97 93 97 98
Cotton – Bolls Opening 20 11 24 15
Soybean – Blooming 96 93 94 88
Soybean – Setting Pods 84 75 77 75
HARVESTED:
Apple 39 29 34 32
Corn for Grain 31 13 25 22
Corn for Silage 67 50 50 61
Hay 2nd Cutting 90 85 72 81
Hay 3rd Cutting 32 23 26 29
Peaches 82 78 87 89
Tobacco: Flue Cured 55 45 45 49
Tobacco: Burley 19 11 19 37 COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT REPORTS Franklin County has been extremely dry in most locations over the last four weeks. Tobacco is ripening quickly and soybeans are struggling during bloom. Pastures and hay fields are drying quickly. September tends to be dry so crops and pastures will continue to struggle unless rain is in the forecast.
Charles Mitchell - Franklin County Extension
Dry conditions are negatively impacting crops that are still making. Peanut, soybean, grain sorghum and tobacco crops are in dire need of a good rain. Don Nicholson – Agronomist Region 7
The week was relatively dry with only a few light rain showers late in the week. Cooler night temperatures are resulting in foggy mornings increasing disease pressures on late let vegetable crops. Second cutting hay harvest is just beginning; however producers are reporting only a 25%-30% yield due to the dry weather earlier. Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension
Dry weather continues in some areas of the county heat is returning. Soybean diseases are setting in. Insect damage on late season insects is up. First cut for tobacco is progressing quality is not good. Pastures need rain.
Gary Cross – Person County Extension
Soybeans and corn are up and looking good. Producers are harvesting a second cutting of hay which was not seen last year due to the hot, dry conditions.
Janice Nicholson – Rutherford County Extension
Field conditions have continued to dry with all crops and pastures suffering. Soybeans seem to be the most impacted at this time with concerns of yield reductions. Corn yield reports continue to be above average. Widespread rain is needed.
Mac Malloy - Robeson County Extension
Corn and tobacco harvest continue. Soybeans are looking good. Showers the coming week from tropic moisture will slow all progress. Wet weather early in the year has made corn yields variable. Daniel Simpson – Pamlico County Extension
Northern and Northwestern parts of Wilson County are starting to experience abnormally dry conditions.
Danny Tharrington – Wilson County FSA
Corn harvest continues across county. Some areas of county have missed rains and crops are really suffering in those areas. Seeing late season disease in tobacco.
Brian Parrish - County Extension
Dry weather conditions continue to worsen. Cotton and soybeans are starting to be significantly impacted by drought conditions. Randy Wood – Scotland County Extension
Dry weather offered corn farmers a great week for harvest. Yields are ranging from 130 to 240. Variability due to areas where rain fell versus areas that did not get timely rain. Soybeans have rebounded from July's hot, dry conditions with good pod sets and plant vigor. Dry conditions are limiting grass growth in pastures. Mark Seitz – Pender County Extension
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