The corn and soybean crop across Ford county is progressing well, with most fields reaching the later stages of grain fill. The drawn out planting season is still apparent, with a range of crop maturity observed across the county. Some bean fields are beginning to drop leaves (late R6) while others are still filling pods (R5). Of corn fields surveyed, most were in the early to mid dent (R5) stage, but I found a few fields still in dough (R4). Soybeans fields visited showed minimal signs of disease. This was also true for most corn fields, although a couple fields I visited in the northern part of the county were showing signs of tar spot (confirmed by the Plant Clinic), among other foliar diseases. Soil moisture conditions in fields surveyed were good, with the crop showing little to no moisture stress despite base temps in the 90s during my survey.