Crop Report

The Crop Report provides timely and relevant crop and field information from experts across the state.

LATEST FIELD AND CROP CONDITIONS

The Illinois Soybean Association Agronomy Team, Soy Envoys, University of Illinois Extension, and other industry experts are bringing you information needed to manage your soybean, corn and wheat crops. From field conditions to crop progress, disease alerts, and pest sightings, the Crop Report has relevant information from the field.

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Region 2 | September 8, 2023 | United States

Karen Corrigan
mcagronomics@gmail.com

Caption: Soybeans in LaSalle County maturing quickly
Caption: Soybeans in LaSalle County – you can see the lighter spots that shut down during the last heat wave
Caption: LaSalle County Corn is at the Dent Stage
SYNOPSIS

Woodford County, IL is currently not on the drought monitor for the week. Most of the rest of Central IL is abnormally dry.
Combines are rolling about an hour south of here. Some fields gave up on life as opposed to maturing.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THIS COUNTY?
Mildly Dry (soil is drier than normal, plant growth may have slowed)
IF CONDITIONS ARE ON THE DRY END, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING US DROUGHT MONITOR CATEGORIES BEST FIT CURRENT CONDITIONS
Abnormally Dry (D0)
WEATHER

Cooler weather, but still on the dry side.

PRECIPITATION

Possibilities for rain in the coming week are welcome, but are not supposed to amount to any significance.

FIELD/SOIL CONDITIONS

Dry

FIELD ACTIVITIES

Pumpkins are being moved into rows and harvest has started in Tazwell County.

SOYBEAN GROWTH STAGE

R6-7 depending on when the fields were planted.

CORN GROWTH STAGE

Most corn is in the dent stage. Some fields are still green to the ground, others are completely brown.

WHEAT GROWTH STAGE

The wheat fields in this area were not double cropped due to lack of rain.

INSECTS

Bean leaf beetles, grasshoppers, and stink bugs are in soybean fields.

WEEDS

Holy Waterhemp!

DISEASES

Soybean diseases are prevalent, some fields with multiple issues. Stem Canker and SDS in Warren/Henderson Counties.