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Crop update: Heat hurts, disease starts to pop up in soybeans

Aaron Viner
Sep 9, 2023
Sep 9, 2023

heat and drought stress corn field — The corn crop in east central Iowa is showing heat and drought stress, with much of the crop burning up toward the end of August.
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Heat was the theme to close out August, and early September is not looking to give much relief to the end of the growing season.

Corn ear not filling — University of Illinois agriculture Extension educator Russ Higgins said his area of northeast Illinois doesn’t expect to see late-season fill from rain.
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