Kelsey Litchfield
Outreach Coordinator
309-660-5681
kelsey.litchfield@ilsoy.org
Kelsey Litchfield
Outreach Coordinator
309-660-5681
kelsey.litchfield@ilsoy.org
KELSEY LITCHFIELD UPDATES
Region 2 | June 13, 2023 | Mercer
Kelsey Litchfield
kelsey.litchfield@ilsoy.org
Caption: Mother Nature keeps teasing us with overcast conditions and getting our hopes up for rain.
Caption: Soybeans in a no till field – planted May 19th.
Caption: It is as dry as the Sahara Desert. Soil is rock hard.
SYNOPSIS
Rain in the forecast this past weekend got our hopes up, but Mother Nature let us down again. Rain gauge registered less than tenth of an inch. Hoping it rains soon.
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
Moderate Drought (D1)
WEATHER
Overcast and 75 degrees
PRECIPITATION
None
FIELD/SOIL CONDITIONS
Soil is dry and hard. Major cracks in the field.
FIELD ACTIVITIES
Urea was spread on the corn field on June 13th.
SOYBEAN GROWTH STAGE
V2
CORN GROWTH STAGE
V3
and then