Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report:
For the week ending June 7, 2009

GENERAL: The state received precipitation last week ranging from 0.08 inches in Wilmington to 3.86 inches in Chapel Hill. The wet weather has delayed hay activities in many areas of the state. Average temperatures were normal, ranging from 62 to 76 degrees. There were 4.7 days suitable for field work, compared to 3.8 for the previous week. Statewide soil moisture levels are rated at 1% very short, 10% short, 69% adequate, and 20% surplus. Activities during the week included planting soybeans and sweet potatoes and transplanting burley tobacco.

**COMPARISONS**
Crop	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5-Year Average
Planted:
Sorghum	80	65	62	68
Soybeans	55	52	52	57
Sweet Potatoes	51	44	54	62
Tobacco: Burley	78	71	89	70
Phenological:
Soybeans % Emerged	44	37	36	43
Harvested:
Hay 1st Cutting	74	61	88	80
Irish Potatoes	27	N/A	N/A	N/A
Barley	17	N/A	44	42
Oats	44	N/A	29	30
Wheat	13	N/A	17	11
Truck Crops	88	82	88	88

STATEWIDE PASTURE CONDITIONS

**CROP CONDITION PERCENT**
Crop	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Apples	12	0	1	87	0
Barley	0	1	21	71	7
Oats	0	1	21	73	5
Wheat	0	3	30	59	8
Cotton	0	1	27	66	6
Corn	0	2	21	63	14
Hay	0	1	31	61	7
Irish Potatoes	1	3	13	80	3
Pasture	0	1	14	74	11
Peanuts	0	0	5	90	5
Sorghum	0	1	24	73	2
Soybeans	0	1	21	74	4
Sweet Potatoes	0	11	25	64	0
Tobacco: Flue-cured	0	1	30	60	9
Tobacco: Burley	0	0	34	60	6

**TOPSOIL MOISTURE PERCENT**
Region	Very Short	Short	Adequate	Surplus
State	1	10	69	20
Mountain Region	0	1	65	34
Piedmont Region	0	10	67	23
Coastal Plain Region	1	16	75	8

STATEWIDE SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS

**WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 7, 2009**
Station Location	Precipitation (Inches)¹				Temperature (Degrees F.)
Station Location	Total This Week	Departure From Normal This Week	Total Since January 1	Departure From Normal Since January 1	High This Week	Low This Week	Average This Week	Departure From Normal
Asheville	1.00	-0.05	22.08	0.63	85	51	68	1
Aurora	0.25	-0.80	13.08	-7.03	89	66	75	2
Beaufort	0.37	-0.59	14.66	-7.58	82	67	75	1
Bogue	0.25	-0.71	13.92	-8.32	83	66	76	2
Burlington	3.29	2.31	18.23	-1.59	90	54	71	-1
Chapel Hill	3.86	2.88	18.79	-2.36	94	59	74	3
Charlotte	3.35	2.51	23.14	3.75	89	62	74	0
Cherry Point	0.34	-0.62	14.43	-7.81	87	64	74	0
Clayton	0.91	0.07	14.22	-5.33	90	62	74	1
Clinton	0.41	-0.52	13.13	-6.70	89	65	74	0
Elizabeth City	0.95	0.06	13.63	-7.04	92	63	75	3
Fayetteville	0.43	-0.45	13.82	-5.38	92	63	76	3
Fletcher	0.84	-0.35	18.65	-4.85	86	51	68	2
Gastonia	2.50	1.59	24.43	4.77	87	61	72	-1
Goldsboro	0.17	-0.68	14.69	-5.98	89	65	75	0
Greensboro	3.52	2.69	18.90	0.20	90	59	72	1
Greenville	1.01	0.03	11.02	-9.15	90	63	75	2
Hatteras	0.28	-0.63	16.91	-5.94	83	63	74	2
Hendersonville	0.44	-0.54	17.22	-3.52	73	53	62	-5
Hickory	2.82	1.70	21.75	-0.55	88	56	71	0
High Point	0.74	-0.17	12.97	-7.73	90	56	71	-1
Jackson Springs	0.78	-0.13	14.36	-6.09	87	62	73	0
Jacksonville	0.49	-0.53	12.70	-8.96	91	63	74	0
Kenansville	0.87	0.07	10.91	-7.78	90	63	73	-1
Kinston	0.81	-0.17	12.02	-8.25	92	64	75	0
Laurel Springs	0.63	-0.63	17.71	-7.88	81	46	63	2
Lewiston	0.96	0.08	14.26	-5.49	91	61	74	2
Lexington	1.88	0.95	12.67	-7.96	88	57	71	-1
Lumberton	0.47	-0.51	12.21	-7.54	90	63	75	2
Maxton	0.58	-0.44	12.14	-7.37	90	61	74	0
Monroe	0.73	-0.22	15.64	-5.23	89	61	73	0
New Bern	0.31	-0.74	18.44	-3.26	90	64	74	1
Oxford	1.78	0.97	10.88	-9.02	89	56	69	-2
Plymouth	2.02	0.90	13.74	-8.08	92	62	74	0
RDU	0.89	0.09	17.76	-1.15	94	62	75	3
Raleigh	1.31	0.37	15.47	-4.87	90	63	73	0
Roanoke Rapids	1.67	0.83	17.82	-1.93	94	59	74	3
Rocky Mount	0.22	-0.64	14.02	-5.55	91	60	74	2
Siler City	2.03	1.08	11.41	-10.40	90	52	69	-2
Southport	0.86	-0.21	11.33	-10.90	81	66	75	3
Waynesville	0.94	-0.05	19.35	-4.31	81	47	65	1
Whiteville	0.30	-0.78	5.67	-15.10	88	65	75	0
Williamston	2.44	1.46	14.66	-5.60	90	64	74	2
Wilmington	0.08	-1.04	16.85	-4.01	87	66	75	0
Winston-Salem	2.04	1.21	18.39	-0.31	89	59	71	0
¹ Totals may be revised periodically due to updates to weather database.

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Last update June 8, 2009

NCDA&CS Agricultural Statistics Division, Herb Vanderberry, Director
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 27767 Raleigh, NC 27611
Physical Address: 2 West Edenton Street, Raleigh NC 27601
Phone: (919) 856-4394; FAX: (919) 856-4139
Email: NCagstat@ncagr.gov

Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report: For the week ending June 7, 2009

Agricultural Statistics - Weather & Crops Report:
For the week ending June 7, 2009