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Crop issues pop up as season winds down

Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024

corn and soybeans comparison — Photos taken Sept. 12 of corn and soybeans planted June 4 near Urbana, Ill.
Photos courtesy University of Illinois

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Editors’ note: The following was written by Emerson Nafziger and Giovani Preza Fontes with the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences for the university’s CropCentral Bulletin Sept. 13.

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