Region Updates

Region 2 | July 15, 2024 | Woodford/Tazwell

Karen Corrigan
mcagronomics@gmail.com

Caption: Corn is at brown silk in this early planted field. Many corn fields in this area have yet to tassel.
Caption: The ponds are back after 1” of rain last night.
Caption: The Morrow Plots at the University of Illinois- because you can’t throw shade on the corn!
SYNOPSIS

Weather has been favorable. Crops look good, would look better if it was two weeks earlier. Soybeans look good but waterhemp is emerging in some fields. Be careful of restrictions- there are limitations.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THIS COUNTY?
Mildly Wet (soil is wetter than normal, local vegetation is healthy)
IF CONDITIONS ARE ON THE DRY END, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING US DROUGHT MONITOR CATEGORIES BEST FIT CURRENT CONDITIONS
Near Normal (Dnada)
WEATHER

One inch of rain last night. Tonight’s weather will hopefully not be as predicted. The derecho word has been used by forecasters.

PRECIPITATION

1” this week

FIELD ACTIVITIES

Late rescues for weed control. Saw a spray helicopter in the air.

SOYBEAN GROWTH STAGE

R3-4

CORN GROWTH STAGE

Prior to tassel through brown silk

WHEAT GROWTH STAGE

Harvested

INSECTS

Japanese beetles are in the corn.

WEEDS

Waterhemp, foxtail, giant ragweeds are issues in some fields

DISEASES

Cercospora in soybeans further south. Gray leaf spot in western Illinois.

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