Crop Report

LATEST CROP CONDITIONS

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Region 5 | August 20, 2025 | DeWitt, Macon & Piatt Counties, Illinois

Doug Gucker
dgucker@illinois.edu

Caption: Late season soybean insect pests are present in fields. In this picture, a stinkbug and grasshopper are visible.
Caption: Corn ear tip back is evident in fields and it does not seem to matter whether the field suffered drought conditions or not. Another reminder of the high number of days above 90 degrees.
Caption: This has been a summer of severe storms and it is evident in the crop fields.
SYNOPSIS

Soybeans in many fields are reaching the R6, or full seed, stage, and late-season insect and disease pests are beginning to appear. A few fields are nearing R7, or beginning maturity.

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
Abnormally Dry (D0)
 
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