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Crop Report

N. Dennis Bowman
IL Extension
ndbowman@illinois.edu

N. Dennis Bowman
IL Extension
ndbowman@illinois.edu

N. DENNIS BOWMAN UPDATES

Region 5
05/24/2023, Macon/Piatt/Champaign
Dennis Bowman

Primary field activities: Replant prairie pot holes, herbicide application, nitrogen side-dressing and hay making. Rapidly drying out and forecast is continuing dry weather.

 
Region 5
05/24/2023, Macon/Piatt/Champaign
Dennis Bowman

Still dry. Wednesday spotted one pop-up shower that did not even register on radar app. Primary field activities: herbicide application, nitrogen side-dressing and watching corn grow.

 
Region 5
05/03/2023, Macon
Dennis Bowman

On May 3rd, on a crossroad survey of a 60 mile loop across northern and eastern Macon County, 80 percent of fields were planted. Corn emergence out-paced soybean emergence by about 6 to 1. The ratio varied greatly by neighborhood. The only field activity observed was widely scattered planting, dust clouds made it easy to spot.