Crop Report

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Region 3 | September 14, 2024 | McLean

Karen Corrigan
kcorrigan24@gmail.com

Caption: Pest Management class saw first hand the edge row effect of ample sunshine on yield.
Caption: Several insects in the soybeans with some chewing on pods. Stink bugs, bean leaf beetles, grasshoppers.
Caption: Accumulation of sugars showing in purplish pods.
SYNOPSIS

Some fields are ready for harvest while others still have a ways to go. Green soybeans and harvested soybeans across the road from each other. Harvesting in McLean and Woodford Counties.

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)
WEATHER

Need rain.

PRECIPITATION

None.

FIELD ACTIVITIES

Harvest has started.

INSECTS

Stink bugs, bean leaf beetles, grasshoppers, spotted cucumber beetles

WEEDS

Waterhemp….

DISEASES

Tar spot in low densities.

ABIOTIC ISSUES

Dry weather is showing potassium deficiency – may want to do stalk push tests to see what needs harvested asap.