Conditions remain dry. We haven’t had significant rainfall since mid-July, and while some subsoil moisture is present, the area’s high clay content limits plant availability. After several weeks of heat, corn is showing stress, with leaves firing in areas of thin soil or earlier-season ponding. Corn is beginning to dent.

Most first-crop soybeans are in the R4 to R5 stages, depending on planting date. Later-planted and double-crop beans are still in R2 to R3 and could benefit from late-season rainfall, similar to the inland hurricanes from the Gulf that have boosted yields in recent years.