Nearly the entire State benefitted from weekend rains with additional precipitation coming to many areas at the end of the week. Rainfall limited outdoor activities even though an estimated 5.5 days were suitable for fieldwork compared to 6.2 the previous week. Only modest gains were made in flue-cured tobacco harvest and burley tobacco harvest is just beginning. Good progress was made in corn for silage harvest with grain harvest getting underway soon.
Most farmers continue to scout pests and implement controls, especially in cotton fields.
Minor gains were made baling hay. Fruit growers edged closer to completion of the peach harvest with apple harvest now fully underway. The North Carolina Agricultural Statistics Service has converted toa new reporting unit for all weather data. We believe you will find the table for more informative and reliable. Due to the new system, we will no longer be providing a narrative with weather hightlights from across the state.