Weather - General
Though this spring’s corn crop is in good condition in most areas, the dry weather pattern is causing some concern.
Farmers in much of the eastern Corn Belt are just now revving up to plant their 2012 corn crop.
With the crop so far ahead of schedule, growers should have a better window to plant no-till corn or soybeans immediately following wheat harvest.
Scout your fields now because insects could appear earlier than normal.
Warm weather might have you tilling fields earlier than normal, but a Purdue Extension agronomist cautions against tilling more than necessary.
Keep tillage minimal this spring to conserve soil moisture and maintain residue on the soil surface.
See the soil moisture maps generated every Tuesday by the National Drought Mitigation Center.
Here’s what you need to know if your corn was damaged by frost.
The dry soil conditions experienced recently over much of the Midwest may limit soybean yields.
Extremely dry weather followed by later-season rain has left some corn with husks shorter than their ears, portending reduced grain quality at harvest.