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
Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows ratings improved across most major corn producing states.
Cool air is expected to move into the region next week.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index reflects notable improvement with Kansas’ crop over the past week.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows Kansas led the decline in ratings after the recent wintry blast.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index reflects deterioration with both the SRW and HRW wheat crop.
But scouts noted a high degree of uncertainty due to the recent snow storm in western areas of the state.
Improvement in Kansas helped push the HRW wheat crop rating up nearly 6.7 points.
