Crop Report
I was able to visit the Peoria Co. area this week to evaluate an Illinois Soybean Association sulfur plot. This is the earliest planted (April 12) and tallest (so far) ISA sulfur plot in the state. It had reached the R1 growth stage. Corn appeared to be at the V6–V7 growth stage. It is also interesting to note that pumpkins were once grown in this location and nearby. This week was hot with high humidity—you could practically hear the crops growing. Post-herbicide applications appeared to have taken place, and volunteer pumpkins were dying. Many soybeans showed herbicide speckling, which will likely disappear as the crop quickly grows. There was very little insect feeding, though some bacterial blight was present on the soybeans. This is a bacterial disease that favors cool, wet weather, so fungicides are ineffective.
90 F and very humid
Rain after we visited this ISA plot
Dry
Just completed post-herbicide applications
R1
V5-V6
None
Volunteer pumpkins
Bacterial blight of soybean
Herbicide speckling from post
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