Areas within the NE region are starting to dry but potential precipitation is forecast. Favorable higher daytime temperatures are helping both corn and soy, particularly no-till soy that had been lagging. Post herbicide applications and nitrogen sidedress operations continue. Several edge of field issues reported this week, including likely deer feeding on V6 corn and Canada thistle encroaching on soy field edges. Options are limited with deer feeding at this stage of the growing season, we can hope their diet shifts to something besides corn. The perennial Canada thistle can be a challenge to control in a crop setting. The weed can spread vegetatively by rhizomes and windblown seed. The best growing season time to treat Canada thistle with a foliar applied herbicide which can through the plant (systemic) is normally in June after the first flower buds are formed and before the first flowers open. One hundred percent control often requires multiple timed applications including a fall application.