North Carolina	
	USDA, NASS
North Carolina
Field Office
PO Box 27767
Raleigh, NC 27611
www.ncagr.gov/stats
1-800-928-5277	
Crop Progress & Condition Report			
Released: April 29, 2024			
CROP SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 28, 2024	
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	
6.7
	6.3	3.9	 		Subsoil Moisture	0	16	83	1	
		Topsoil Moisture	2	35	63	0	
		          VS= Very Short   ST = Short   A = Adequate   SS = Surplus	
			
CROP PROGRESS PERCENT – WITH COMPARISONS		 CROP CONDITION PERCENT	

	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5Yr Avg			VP	P	F	G	EX	
												
PLANTED:												
						Barley	0	0	11	89	0	
Corn	70	51	65	65		Corn	0	0	18	70	12	
Soybeans	14	n/a	n/a	n/a		Oats	0	1	33	65	  1	
Tobacco Flue-Cured	37	16	38	31		Pasture	0	2	17	79	 2	
						Strawberries	0	2	11	78	  9	
PHENOLOGICAL:						Winter Wheat	0	2	20	71	 7	
												
Barley Headed	79	61	75	65								
Corn Emerged	46	26	41	40								
Winter Wheat Headed	67	41	71	 55								
												
HARVESTED:												
												
Hay: First Cutting	   28	12	13	n/a			

						VP = Very Poor   P = Poor  F = Fair  G = Good  EX = Excellent	

OATS CONDITION		TOPSOIL MOISTURE PERCENT	

         Map depicts current drought conditions as of April 23, 2024.			

    
           			
The US Drought Monitor focuses on broad scale conditions. Information provided for North Carolina is relative to information provided from all other states and the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council. Local conditions may vary. http://www.ncdrought.org/ 		

Map depicts accumulations through dates listed.  This product is made possible by AWIS Weather Services, Inc. http://www.awis.com/	

	
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 28, 2024 1	
Location	Precipitation (Inches)	Temperature (Degrees F.)
This Week	
	This Week	Year to Date		
	Total	Departure
from
Normal	Total	Departure
from
Normal	High	Low	Avg.	Departure
from
Normal	Degree
Days 
(YTD)	
Asheboro             	0.26	-0.52	13.98	-0.75	75	36	56	-6	519	
Asheville_Munic      	0.28	-0.55	17.96	2.1	73	34	54	-3	397	
Boone	0.08	-0.99	19.87	2.04	69	29	49	-2	191	
Burlington AP	0.45	-0.33	14.36	0.35	75	32	56	-5	518	
Charlotte	0.32	-0.35	14.98	0.19	77	41	59	-4	685	
Clayton WTP	0.19	-0.56	10.56	-4.04	77	36	56	-5	608	
Clinton_2NE	0.39	-0.44	10.82	-4.34	79	38	59	-4	695	
Elizabeth City 1.8 SE	0.31	-0.41	16.09	0.85	73	35	55	-6	535	
Elizabethtown_NC     	0.34	-0.34	10.91	-3.38	79	39	60	-3	795	
Erwin_AP	0.33	-0.38	11.5	-3.6	79	36	58	-4	641	
Fayetteville_AP	0.38	-0.29	9.79	-4.62	80	39	60	-3	794	
Frisco	0.87	0.14	17.27	-0.64	70	48	59	-3	597	
Gastonia-Gaston      	0.36	-0.31	16.21	0.68	77	38	58	-4	578	
Goldsboro_AFB	0.42	-0.35	10.27	-5.64	79	40	60	-5	767	
Greensboro_AP	0.32	-0.52	15.14	1.34	75	38	57	-3	516	
Greenville Airport	0.42	-0.37	11.66	-3.38	77	36	57	-6	656	
Hickory              	0.27	-0.57	15.61	-0.99	75	39	57	-4	525	
Jacksonville_AP	0.5	-0.2	13.5	-1.57	77	36	59	-5	751	
Jacksonville_EOC	0.5	-0.33	14.59	-1.24	77	36	59	-5	726	
Jefferson_2E	0.09	-0.85	18.55	3.52	70	26	48	-4	194	
Kinston Airport	0.43	-0.29	11.22	-4.09	77	36	58	-6	691	
Louisburg	0.31	-0.46	12.81	-1.77	73	32	54	-6	478	
Mt_Airy_2W	0.2	-0.71	16.48	2	74	33	54	-3	345	
New_Bern	0.57	-0.21	13.11	-3.23	80	38	59	-5	758	
North_Wilkesboro	0.02	-0.89	19.83	3.77	76	36	56	-2	447	
Oxford_NC            	0.32	-0.4	13.83	-0.22	70	34	53	-7	364	
Raleigh	0.31	-0.35	13.66	-0.56	80	37	59	-3	676	
Red Springs 3.8 NW	0.56	-0.07	12.56	-2.53	79	37	59	-4	653	
Reidsville_2NW	0.32	-0.46	15.27	1.23	75	32	56	-4	506	
Roanoke_Rap_Dam	0.51	-0.29	14.32	-0.14	71	39	54	-6	469	
Robbinsville_AG	0.3	-0.82	19.56	-4.16	77	30	54	-3	344	
Rockingham	0.27	-0.4	12.53	-2.29	79	37	59	-4	684	
Roxboro Airport	0.25	-0.46	13.76	-0.03	72	32	53	-6	368	
Southern_Pines       	0.12	-0.58	10.89	-4.12	77	35	58	-4	661	
Statesville_2NNE	0.31	-0.42	16.05	1.48	74	34	55	-6	407	
Tarboro_1S	0.46	-0.26	11.02	-3.86	76	38	57	-3	595	
Vale_Ag_2SW	0.41	-0.39	17.48	2.27	78	37	56	-5	461	
Wadesboro_AP         	0.28	-0.34	13.58	-1.73	77	34	57	-6	592	
Washington	0.45	-0.36	11.58	-3.02	77	36	57	-5	647	
Waynesville_1E	0.31	-0.52	17.27	0.22	73	29	52	-2	272	
Whiteville_7NW	0.33	-0.4	11.12	-3.78	79	39	60	-5	765	
Williamston_1E	0.38	-0.42	11.46	-3.28	75	30	56	-5	649	
Wilmington_AP_NC	0.84	0.12	11.82	-3.41	78	39	60	-5	884	
Winston-Salem        	0.26	-0.58	16.65	2.85	75	38	57	-3	565	
1 This data is made possible by AWIS Weather Services, Inc. http://www.awis.com/ …