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Region 2 | May 14, 2025 | Peoria

Byron Hendrix
agronomy1stsoultions@gmail.com

Caption: Soybeans in heavy crop residue
Caption: Corn on Corn looking good
SYNOPSIS

Planting is near complete with a few cover crop fields being finished after termination. Dry conditions are here in Western Illinois and we will need a rain soon or crops will start showing stress due to slower growth with young roots not being able to find available moisture. Overall corn and soybean emergence is around 70%. Soybean emergence in heavy crop residues need to be checked for emergence issues.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THIS COUNTY?
Mildly Dry (soil is drier than normal, plant growth may have slowed)
IF CONDITIONS ARE ON THE DRY END, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING US DROUGHT MONITOR CATEGORIES BEST FIT CURRENT CONDITIONS
Abnormally Dry (D0)
WEATHER

Warm conditions with above normal temperatures and below average precipitation.

PRECIPITATION

Below average with spotty showers and storms due to the recent Omega block and upper level low over the eastern corn belt.

FIELD/SOIL CONDITIONS

Dry with dusty conditions.

SOYBEAN GROWTH STAGE

VE to V1

CORN GROWTH STAGE

VE to V3

WEEDS

Waterhemp

ABIOTIC ISSUES

Dry conditions have plants struggling to find available moisture for ideal growth.

COVER CROP INSIGHTS

The last of the cover crop acres were planted green and sprayed due to good conditions. Termination among fields looks good.

OTHER

A really cool looking strong land spout funnel spotted in Stark County near Toulon on Tuesday May 13th among several local media outlets had the dust collected in a field climbing several hundred feet into the sky.

 
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