Indiana and Mid-South Crop Update
4 days 2 hours ago
Planting is nearing completion for a cool and wet spring. This is the last week that corn was planted, mostly in southwestern Indiana where rain cycles have prevented field work. It is among the latest plantings to the finish after catching up to the 5 year average of acres planted about...
Early fungicide application on corn: Is it worth it?
2 weeks 6 days ago
Is applying an early fungicide application on corn worth it?
That is a good question as the corn crop approaches V5-V6 growth stage, a target stage for early application. Fungicide use has increased in recent years for several reasons. First of all commodity prices have moved to...
Indiana and Mid-South Crop Update
4 weeks 4 days ago
Planting is progressing quickly in drier conditions. Acres planted to corn in the last couple of weeks have increased from 1% a few weeks ago to more than 60 - 70% in some areas. Northern Indiana has more than a week of field activity, followed by central Indiana. Larger planter units with bulk...
Indiana and Mid-South Crop Update
8 weeks 2 days ago
It is a wet and cool spring, quite a contrast from last year’s dry and warm weather. Some field work such as fertilizer spreading, ammonia application, weed control, and tillage did happen early. Frequent and heavy rains with some snow are delaying planting and field work in recent weeks....
Herbicide Resistant Weeds - 2013
15 weeks 5 days ago
A dry and hot summer in 2012 revealed the pervasiveness of herbicide resistant weeds in our row crop systems. Weeds were more visible, especially in soybeans, as stressed crops were reduced in height. I noticed marestail, water hemp and lambsquarters in fields treated multiple times with...
Indiana and Mid-South Crop Update – Soybeans
29 weeks 22 hours ago
Soybean yields are a bright spot in this year of heat and drought. Late summer rains made beans. Indiana average yield is estimated to be 44.0 bushels per acre, down from 45.5 bushels last year. Best yields are from north, central and eastern regions of the state. Lowest bean yields were in the...
Indiana and Mid-South Crop Update
30 weeks 1 day ago
Harvest operations are complete except for a few fields in northern and eastern Indiana. Indiana average yield is estimated to be about 100 bushels per acre, down from 146 in 2011, an expected a result from the summer heat and drought. Southern regions were hardest hit. Average yield in southern...
Indiana and Mid-South Crop Update
39 weeks 2 days ago
Corn harvest is almost complete in mid-south, well on the way in southern Indiana-Kentucky and beginning in the north. Yields are as expected. Irrigated fields in SW Missouri and Arkansas are producing 180-220 bushels per acre. Farms in southern Indiana and Kentucky are in the 30-80 bushel per...
Indiana, Kentucky and Mid-South Crop Update
44 weeks 3 days ago
Significant rainfall has occurred in the last two weeks but not enough to relieve drought conditions throughout the region. It is the first time rainfall has been over an inch in one event since early winter. Some storms have been severe with heavy rain in localized spots. ...
Indiana, Kentucky and Mid-South Crop Update - July16, 2012
48 weeks 19 hours ago
Hot and dry weather has prevailed over the region and intensified drought conditions. Fifty-five Indiana counties are declared natural disaster areas, 36 counties are primary disaster areas and another 19 adjacent counties are designated eligible for natural disaster assistance. This is...
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