Crop Watch 2025: Corn Yield Threats
Several threats are impacting corn yields this season, including overly tight tassel wrap, Southern Rust and tar spot.
Unscripted: ‘Overly Tight Tassel Wrap’ Affecting Pollination?
Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal field agronomist, joins Tyne Morgan and Clinton Griffiths to shed light on crop conditions, particularly pollination issues.
Crop Condition News
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Meanwhile, a late-season heatwave for the Northern Plains contrasts with cool weather across much of the Midwest.
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This should help push the lagging crop toward maturity.
Hot weather on the Northern Plains contrasts with cool weather in the Midwest.
Cool, breezy weather for the Midwest and Northern Plains contrasts with a heat wave in the West.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows improvement in most Midwest states offset a decline in soybean ratings for Iowa.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index reflected some improvement in western Corn Belt and degradation in the east, resulting in little net change for either crop.
Comparing early-August greenness to the average reflects a fairly ‘average’ situation for much of the Corn Belt.
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