June has been wetter than normal across Edgar County, with 5-6 inches of rain so far, including the 1.5-2.3 inches that fell yesterday. As expected, soils were saturated, and several fields in the northern half of the county had standing water as of my survey on Thursday morning. In some cases, water was limited to small, low-lying areas or field edges in some fields, but in other fields showed large areas of standing water.
I also saw a wide range in terms of crop growth and development. Most advanced fields had corn at the V10-V12 stage (nearly chest high) and soybean beginning to bloom with 5-6 trifoliolates. Roughly 20% of the fields were likely planted in late May or early June, with corn at V2-V4 and soybean at V1-V2. Fields in between these groups generally had corn at V6-V7 and soybean at V3-V5.