Crops have responded to the adequate and timely precipitation.
Yields are up for all commodities from last year.
Phenologically, crops have progressed at or ahead of their 5 year averages. Assuming typical weather from now until the end of the harvest season, a majority of North Carolina's farmers can anticipate abundant yields. However, the last few years have been anything but typical, and the entire State will have a watchful eye on the events happening in the Atlantic. For the third year in a row, a cut in the quota is directly responsible for the decline in production. Yield per acre, at 2,354 pounds, is down 58 pounds from the July forecast, but is 171 pounds above 1999.