North Carolina weather & crops report [2021 : August 22]

North Carolina Weather & Crops Report USDA Released: August 23, 2021 CROP SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 22, 2021 USDA, NASS North Carolina Field Office PO Box 27767 Raleigh, NC 27611 Phone (919) 707-3333 www.ncagr.gov/stats Crop information in this report is provided voluntarily by county officials of the Cooperative Extension Service, FSA, NRCS, and other knowledgeable individuals. DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELD WORK SOIL MOISTURE PERCENT This Week Last Week Last Year VS ST A SS 4.6 6.0 4.8 Subsoil Moisture 1 10 82 7 Topsoil Moisture 1 11 76 12 VS= Very Short ST = Short A = Adequate SS = Surplus CROP PROGRESS PERCENT - WITH COMPARISONS CROP CONDITION PERCENT This Last Last 5Yr Week Week Year Avg VP P F G EX PHENOLOGICAL: Apples 0 8 48 43 1 Corn Dough 97 93 95 97 Corn 0 3 17 60 20 Corn Dented 88 74 83 88 Cotton 1 5 21 66 7 Corn Mature 55 40 55 60 Hay 2 37 25 31 5 Pasture 5 19 38 36 2 Cotton Setting Bolls 86 79 84 91 Peanuts 0 3 16 66 15 Soybeans Blooming 93 86 93 92 Sorghum 1 2 44 51 2 Soybeans Setting Pods 77 64 74 71 Soybeans 1 5 24 59 11 Sweet Potatoes 0 0 24 64 12 HARVESTED: Tobacco: Flue-Cured 1 9 34 49 7 Apples 24 19 23 29 Tobacco: Burley 0 15 53 32 0 Corn for Silage 52 37 49 50 Hay: Second Cutting 78 71 90 88 Hay: Third Cutting 18 11 27 24 Peaches 75 68 77 81 Tobacco: Flue-Cured 41 30 42 41 VP = Very Poor P = Poor F = Fair G = Good EX = Excellent PEACHES HARVESTED 100 7/25 8/1 8/8 8/15 8/22 1^*2021 2020 — 5 Year Avg TOPSOIL MOISTURE PERCENT 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 7/25 8/1 8/8 8/15 8/22 ■ Very Short Short ■ Adequate ■ Surplus Map depicts current drought conditions as of August 17, 2021. ■ D3- Extreme Droujtt ■ 04 • Exce«iof»ai tVought The US Drought Monitor focuses on broad scale conditions. Information provided for North Carolina is relative to information provided from all other stales and the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council. Local conditions may vary. http://www.ncdrouvhl.orv/ Precipitation for 08/16/2021 to 08/22/2021 Map depicts accumulations through dates listed. This product is made possible by AW IS Weather Sendees, Inc. http://www.awis.cotn/