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Illinois farmers report varying crop conditions

Matt Rush, Vice Chairman and Marty Marr, Chairman of the Illinois Corn Growers Association

Farmers across Illinois are reporting varying crop conditions based on the amount of rain they’ve recently received.

Marty Marr from New Berlin in central Illinois tells Brownfield a good growing season has him optimistic.

“There were a few fields that went in late, but we had the right kind of rainfall and weather to really get it up to speed. Crop prospects in this part of the state are very, very good.”

Further west in Cass County, farmer David Wessel says the last 6 weeks have been dry.

“We were looking good. I mean, things still don’t look bad, but I don’t have as high hopes as I did three or four weeks ago. The dry weather is starting to take its toll especially on the later panted fields and I know my beans could really stand a rain right now.”

David Wessel serves as an At-Large Director for the Illinois Soybean Association

And moving to the southeastern part of the state, Matt Rush of Fairfield has the opposite problem.

“I live in the Little Wabash River tributary, and it is probably the biggest it has been since maybe 1979.  We usually don’t lose a lot of crops to water, but we are going to lose a little bit this year and neighbors and friends are going to lose quite a bit. The hills look really good, but the bottoms look really bad right now.”

Brownfield interviewed Marr, Wessel and Rush during the 2022 Illinois State Fair.

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