Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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AGRONOMY WEEKLY NEWS

Corn & Soybeans

Crop Insurance moved the planting deadline on soybeans back to July 2nd, but we have been so wet, that did not open up a window for many people to plant their last few acres (as there are still soybean acres to go in). On corn, there are fields that the corn is starting to peak out of the ground, and fields where the corn is waist high. This long planting season is going to lead to a long harvest as well.


Root systems in corn have shown to be less than average because it has been so wet. Hard winds are bending corn over showing there is not as much support there. 


Corn side dressing and herbicide applications are keeping people busy in this very short interim window between planting and wheat harvest. Weeds continue to be an issue in sugar beets, soybeans and corn. Timing for herbicide application has been difficult due to the weather. Before you spray, be sure to relook at your residual plan on corn so that your sprays don’t affect your bean plantings next year. 


The sales team at Wanstead is going to be encouraging farmers to look at our foliar fertilizer lineups like century soy for soybeans and crop booster for corn. All of this will help limit the stress to the plant. 


IP beans need to be monitored heavily as weeds are hard to control when they get too big. Be sure to monitor volunteer corn in IP soybeans especially to make sure that we time the spraying right. The bigger corn gets, the harder it becomes to kill. 

Wheat

Based how the wheat looks today, we expect that combines will start to roll within the week. The challenge with this year's harvest is that there are yielding heads below the main wheat canopy that would add bushels, but they are still green. The question now is whether we end up waiting for those to mature before we hit the fields. A preharvest burndown could help to even this out, but it would take away from the test weight, so we are not encouraging that yet.


On that main canopy, kernels are large and they are starting to firm up. Our sales team has reported that the fields they have walked in have been full of yield potential, and clean from mildew, but there are some signs of fusarium here and there. Lodging on the wheat has happened, but mainly only in areas with nitrogen overlap. Most areas that were leaning due to storms and wind have stood back up.


Hopefully Mother Nature co-operates now to help us get the crop off in a timely manner. All wheat drying and discount schedules are now updated on our website for 2024.


Our sales team is also encouraging our customers to keep your soil samples up to date. With wheat harvest coming up, book your soil samples for when the wheat comes off. Book early so you can get timely result back. 

Agronomy Tip of the Week

Jason's Tip of the week: "If dealing with fusarium in the wheat crop come harvest, turn up the air on the combine to blow infected kernels out the back".

Jason (519) 330-9746

Natalia (519) 383-4843

Mike (519) 466-9200

Jill (519) 464-8977

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