Editor’s note: The following was written by Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois Extension crop production specialist, and Giovani Preza Fontes, assistant professor and field crops Extension agronomist, for the university’s Crop-Central Bulletin June 4.
Crops catch up after slow planting start
Soybeans and corn in nearby fields planted in mid-April. Photos were taken on June 4, with soybeans at stage V4, about 8 inches tall, and corn at V7, about 16 inches tall.
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