Following the storms that came through the areas late last week, soils have plenty of moisture in the northern Vermilion County area. There was standing water visible in some small ponds in headlands, but these were few and far between. Crop health looked good, overall, but corn fields are starting to show some areas with late-season nitrogen stress with variable ear size and tip fill. Signs of what appears to be Physoderma stalk rot (visual identification only) were also present in a number of corn fields (https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/encyclopedia/physoderma-stalk-rot-of-corn). In fields surveyed, corn was at late R4 (dough) to early R5 (dent). Soybeans generally ranged from R4 (full pod) to R5 (beginning seed), with a few fields edging closer to R6 (full seed). Weed control was variable. Most corn fields I walked into were relatively clean, but soybean fields showed a range of weed control efficacy.