Recent high day and nighttime temperatures have local farmers and crops stressed. In my immediate area in Northeast Illinois the opportunity for “Bonus fill” of kernels experienced last year appears very unlikely as the R6 (dent) corn hastens to maturity. Fields with greater water holding capacity are faring much better than lighter soils, but even those are showing some remobilization of nutrients from lower leaves in the canopy for the ear. Soy are nearing R6, having a green seed filling the pod at one of the top 4 nodes on the main stem with an open trifoliate.