Region Updates

Region 5 | September 1, 2023 | Champaign

Kris Ehler
kris@ehlerbros.com

Caption: Ghosted plants showing up in corn
Caption: Anthracnose top die back is visible in susceptible hybrids
Caption: Leaf feeding on soybeans is off the charts
SYNOPSIS

I wish I could take the stance “If don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” This crop is loosing its luster quickly. Insect feeding and soybean vein necrosis virus is severely limiting the plant’s ability to finish. Compound that with abnormally dry soil conditions and it’s just a bad combination. Corn and beans are going to limp across the finish line. That checkered flag will come soon than we expect when the heat returns this weekend.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THIS COUNTY?
Moderately Dry (soil is dry, plants may be browning or stressed, water bodies are low)
IF CONDITIONS ARE ON THE DRY END, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING US DROUGHT MONITOR CATEGORIES BEST FIT CURRENT CONDITIONS
Abnormally Dry (D0)
WEATHER

Extremely pleasant but need a good rain.

PRECIPITATION

.25-.3” in the 7 day forecast

FIELD/SOIL CONDITIONS

Dry and in need of moisture to finish pod and grain fill.

FIELD ACTIVITIES

Scouting

SOYBEAN GROWTH STAGE

R5-R6

CORN GROWTH STAGE

3/4 milk line/dent

INSECTS

Grasshoppers, cloverworms, jap beetles, stink bugs, bean leaf beetles and sweat bees-lots of sweat bees!

WEEDS

Waterhemp, sawtooth spurge, grass

DISEASES

Tar spot, soybean vein necrosis virus, SDS, Charcoal rot, brown stem rot

ABIOTIC ISSUES

Drought stressed and heat coming.

OTHER

Go Illini!!!

 
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