Corn harvest continues in much of Illinois and has just gotten underway in Wisconsin.

As reported over the past couple of weeks the dry conditions are dropping moistures rapidly and the stalk quality is average at best especially in fields with very high yields. It is advisable to continue to monitor the stalk quality and schedule an early harvest in those fields at high risk of lodging to prevent significant harvest losses.

The dry conditions have moved the soybean crop along and many growers have now switched to soybeans. In some cases the soybean moistures have dropped rapidly and are in the 8 – 9% range. With the warm dry conditions the soybeans are more prone to pod shatter so there could be some loss at the header.

If the weather holds many plots and side by sides will be harvested this week so please check out the results on the web site.

Tim Jordal, CCA
Sales Agronomist Illinois/Wisconsin
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