The rains continue to put a kink in planting progress. Wednesday's rain left several areas of the county puddled up. Rain accumulation varied from 2 inches towards Petrolia, to less than 1/10th south of Alvinston. Overall, most of our growers received enough rain to keep them out of the field for a few days. Unfortunately, today is not the best drying day with the sun slow to come out this morning, and a northeast wind.
On sandy, dry, well tiled fields, there has been some corn and soybeans in the ground and up. Corn would be around 2-3% planted, with beans around 1%. Sugar beets are also predicted behind planting pace at just 25% completed.
Burndowns have started, but there are many more to do. Burndown programs will have to be 2-3 different types of chemical because the weeds are well ahead of schedule. The best way to have a clean crop is to start with a clean field.
Fertilizer application has been steady. There is a lot of bean fertilizer on and worked in, but corn fertilizer is slow in connection with the slow planting pace.
Seed pickups are going well with a significant percentage of our stocks already picked up or delivered. Please let us know if you would like to arrange a pickup or deliver for any outstanding seed or chemical!
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