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Region 2 | May 6, 2024 | Warren

Craig Grafton
craig.grafton@bayer.com

Caption: Damaged seedlings due to probable herbicide injury
Caption: Bean Leaf Beetles found throughout this plot
Caption: Herbicide damaged seedling showing signs of life
SYNOPSIS

Planting and field work continues where conditions allow. Slowly chipping away at getting the 2024 crop in the ground.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THIS COUNTY?
Moderately Wet (soil is damp, standing water may be present in low areas, water bodies are full)
WEATHER

A window of a couple of days opened up in this area of Warren county to allow for additional field work.

PRECIPITATION

Rain went through later Monday evening/night. Widespread across Illinois.

FIELD/SOIL CONDITIONS

Fields were just getting dry enough to allow fieldwork. Some fields were still too wet. subsurface moisture is plentiful. Compaction from pushing into fields that are not quite ideal will be something to watch for in the coming weeks/months. As we get delayed even further, operations will push the envelop of “ideal” as well.

FIELD ACTIVITIES

Mostly planting and/or spraying in this area. Some light tillage work was observed, but not widespread in the county

SOYBEAN GROWTH STAGE

VC/VE growth stage

CORN GROWTH STAGE

VE/V1

WHEAT GROWTH STAGE

NA

INSECTS

Bean Leaf Beetles were observed in the soybeans that were emerged.

WEEDS

No major weeds seen in the fields I was in.

DISEASES

NA

ABIOTIC ISSUES

Low areas of fields with saturated soils will likely need attention They will either need replanted due to seedling death or they will be behind in growth due to poor growing conditions.

 
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