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Wet spring, dry summer causing issues for corn and soybeans

A product manager with Seed Consultants says there is a lot of variability in fields in the Eastern Corn Belt.

Matt Hutcheson says crops were planted in wet ground and are now facing drought stress.  

“The crops have been beat up in a lot of areas– there’s a lot of variability,” he says. “Some fields have pretty decent yields in parts of the field and some areas of the field there’s going to be some tough yields as well.”

He tells Brownfield root restriction and compaction are a concern and growers should continue to monitor crop standability.

“As we get towards harvest we’re not going to have really strong roots and once the crop matures, if we start to have storms and high wind events, that standability could become an issue as a result of the wet spring where we ended up with poor root development,” he says.

Hutcheson says growers should also scout for stink bugs and diseases like frogeye leaf spot.

Hutcheson spoke to Brownfield at a grower kickoff meeting in Borden, Indiana. Growers heard about new traits and programs available from Seed Consultants.

Audio: Matt Hutcheson, Seed Consultants