Harvest is nearly complete in most of Illinois with corn at 92% and soybeans at 93%, with the exception is here in northern Illinois, where there is still quite a few acres of both corn and soybeans to be harvested.

During my travels over the past few days it is very apparent that there was a significant amount of header loss in many corn fields as there are many fields showing corn growing and in some cases the fields look completely green. In the corn fields that remain, the stalk quality is marginal to poor and is very susceptible to lodging in the event of wet and windy weather.

Harvest is moving along much slower in Wisconsin as soybeans are at 45% which is on par with the 4 year average. Corn is at about 30% harvested which is slightly ahead of the 4 year average but is well ahead of last year. With nearly 70% of the crop remaining in the field stalk quality will become an issue so keep an eye on your fields to prevent losses due to lodging.

Tim Jordal, CCA
Sales Agronomist Illinois/Wisconsin
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