We are still in need of a CropWatcher for this district. Call 773-234-9004 or email crystal.reed@lee.net if you are interested in volunteering. Thank you!
We started out extremely wet and were able to get crops in the ground and had slightly below-average emergence scores. In June, we had 10 days to two weeks of extreme temperatures. In July, adequate moisture and good pollination, things looked better than they should have. In August, we had …
Matt Herman is originally from Olney but currently lives in Mt. Carmel. He is the owner of Herman Ag Services with an aerial drone mapping and application business partnership with Beck’s Hybrids seed dealership. He is heavily involved with the family farm and conducts various on-farm resear…
Things are slowing down in the area and most people are finishing up with harvest. Lots of fall tillage going on. The people that aren’t still harvesting are fixing tile and doing other fall projects. We’ve had an extremely good fall to do that. Fields with crops in them are very sparse. Mos…
Harvest in this area is probably close to 80% complete. Corn yields are extremely variable, and bean yields are very average to slightly below average. People are starting to cut double-crop beans with yields ranging from 30 bushels per acre to some in the low 40s. I would expect a complete …
Harvest is in full swing, and wheat is being planted. Yields are varying greatly in both corn and soybeans and determinate on what had adequate rainfall and not. Not a lot of consistency in our area.
Harvest is rampant in the area — many people cutting beans and shelling corn both. Lots of downed corn from Hurricane Helene. Corn yields are relatively decent so far with bean yields below average. I would expect people to start planting fall wheat this week.
In Richland County there were some severe winds from the hurricane that came through and blew down a decent amount of corn. The trials we have done so far, some of it is still able to be harvested. Received a decent amount of rain, but the soil is able to soak up the moisture. Early corn is …
We got some rain, and it has stopped all harvesting. More rain is coming today, so expect harvest will be stopped in our area for a few days. Not sure when we will be able to pick up and start again. Harvest conditions were getting dangerous with possibilities for field fires before we got t…
There is corn and soybeans both being harvested in the area. All of the early guys are starting shelling corn and cutting soybeans. The early-planted stuff has pretty good yields, but the later-planted stuff may struggle. Next week there will be a lot of combines in the field around here and…
Still no rain. Some projected rain for Friday. Harvest has started on early beans and early corn. Beans hit or miss and corn pretty good reports so far. Lot of tar spot in the area. Next week quite a bit of stuff will start getting harvested in the area.
We are still in desperate need of rain. Corn and beans are starting to dry prematurely. Corn is starting to die from lack of rainfall and excess heat. Some of the really early planted crops are starting to get harvested. Everyone is doing machine maintenance and preparing to start.
We are in desperate need of a rain shower. All fungicide applications have been made at this point. Crops are starting to show extreme stress. The heat we are predicted to receive this week and dry soil is not a good combination. Smaller kernels and less test weight due to lack of moisture c…
We could definitely use a rain — we are in a critical time for grain fill for both corn and soybeans. Some of the very latest-planted crops are receiving their fungicide applications this week. Tar spot and southern rust are ramping up in our area in both early- and later-planted corn.
We have some really awesome weather, which is great for grain fill. Some of the later-planted stuff, corn and soybeans both, are receiving their fungicide applications right now. We could use a shower. We are not terribly dry, but being that crops are in the grain fill period we could use a …
We had about an inch of rain across our home territory. Fungicide application in corn and soybeans both. Early-planted corn in blister growth stage. Waiting on Mother Nature at this point. The last few rains have been good for grain fill.
We are in the stage of pretty much most crops are starting to or have been fungicided. Only the extremely late planted haven’t, but will be ready to by next week. Double crops in our immediate area are struggling with emergence and have severely reduced stands. We could use some rain.
It’s going to be a hot week around these parts with rain expected on Wednesday. Fungicide on corn and beans continues — probably will until the middle of August due to uneven planting dates.
Some of the early-planted crops are getting fungicide. Some of the very last planted crops are getting their last herbicide pass. They are calling for 1-3 inches of rain here this week.
Fungicide application is happening on soybeans and early-planted corn. In-season nitrogen applications are happening in corn. We are expecting rain this coming week, and hopefully we will get something out of that. Overall conditions of later-planted crops look pretty decent, and early crops…
We got three-tenths of rain over the weekend. Some of the early-planted corn is tasseling and getting fungicide put on them today. Everyone is finished with planting for the first time. So far everything is starting to get wrapped up, and hopefully we’ll get more rains to get the recently pl…
Wheat harvest is complete with respectful yields. Have a really good stretch of dry weather, however, forecast doesn’t look too good for rain. Double-crop soybeans are being planted and first-crop soybeans are also being finished up.
Wheat is being harvested starting this week. Yields are down over last year, but still good so far. Lots of planting progress with corn and soybeans both. Lots of post application spraying. Our county should come close to wrapping up this week.
We are out for a couple of days due to rain. This past week we had a really good stretch of it. A lot was accomplished, but there is still about 25% to go in our county. There were a lot of corn acres put in the ground before the last rain we had, and it is struggling to emerge. Several acre…
I’m planting corn today and hopefully this will be my last field. In Richland County, we missed some of the rain and it allowed us to continue to plant, spray and other things. It’s supposed to rain tonight, but so far it has been a productive week, and I look forward to finishing corn. Some…
Recently Listed
