Agronomic Update – April 30, 2020

Short video on what is currently going on in our fields.   The video is from the evening of April 30th, so does not reflect the heat of today.  Overall, things are looking good on corn germination, etc.  GDU accumulation as of April 30th is 104 GDU’s for an April 21st planting date and 77 GDU’s for an April 23rd planting date.  Today’s heat will add 20+ GDU’s to these totals.   We would expect some of the early planted corn to emerge possibly early next week.  Overall soil moisture in the seed zone on corn and soybeans in the heavy soil is good….keep an eye on sandy knobs as the seed could be in dry soil here.   Top 3/4 to 1 inch of soil is very dry….this is a concern for pre-emerge herbicide control.   Pre-emerge herbicides will need to be re-activated by Monday again if no rain over the weekend.  Main concern for moisture is for herbicides….it will be a good idea to make another round on both crops early next week if no rain….total amounts to apply will need to be in the .60-.75 inch as anything less will just be soaked up by the dry topsoil.  Picture is a shoot of P1197AM ready to emerge in sandy soils.  Thanks to Scott Wright for the picture!

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