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Eastern Crop Tour
- Eastern Route
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Eastern Route
Columbus, OH → Noblesville, IN→ Bloomington, IL → Iowa City, IA → Rochester, MN
Crop Conditions
Overall generally good, fair to good farther west.
Corn
Stand loss from black cutworm in late-planted corn necessitated some replants.
Soybeans
Dectes stem borer is prevalent in soybean fields.
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Day 1 Eastern Route - Placeholder
Columbus, OH → Noblesville, IN
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Pioneer Leader - Kyle Quick, Field Agronomist
Noblesville, IN
#links to social media profiles
Overall, I believe we are sitting on a good corn crop with a lot of potential to maximize grain fill and test weight.
Crop Conditions - Eastern Indiana - Placeholder
- As of August 19: Corn crop ranges from R2-R5 development stages in much of eastern Indiana.
- Soybean crop growth stages range from R3-R7.
- Early season rain events meant sporadic planting windows for both corn and soybeans.
Corn
- GDU, solar radiation and annual rainfall all are tracking above the 10-year average.
- Foliar diseases set in early, stalled out near pollination, and are now progressing aggressively as we move into later reproductive stages with ample moisture and cooling temperatures.
Soybeans
- Crop will be variable and largely based on planting date and early-season stress mitigation.
- Variable planting conditions and excess rains led to poor early root development in eastern clay-based soil textures.
- Result - decrease in nodulation and late-season nitrogen fixation.
- Late season Phytophthora, SDS and other root pathogens were more predominant from early season stress.
'Highlighter Green' Soybeans
- Early season stress in root development leads to poor root inoculation.
- Nutrient demand during reproductive stages peak and stressed areas begin to show.
- Early planted beans can have more nodes and thus require more N from rhizobium.
Day 2 Eastern Route - Placeholder
Noblesville, IN → Bloomington, IL
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Pioneer Leader - Kyle Quick, Field Agronomist
Noblesville, IN
#links to social media profiles
Overall, I believe we are sitting on a good corn crop with a lot of potential to maximize grain fill and test weight.
Crop Conditions - Central Illinois - Placeholder
- As of August 19: Corn crop ranges from R2-R5 development stages in much of eastern Indiana.
- Soybean crop growth stages range from R3-R7.
- Early season rain events meant sporadic planting windows for both corn and soybeans.
Corn
- GDU, solar radiation and annual rainfall all are tracking above the 10-year average.
- Foliar diseases set in early, stalled out near pollination, and are now progressing aggressively as we move into later reproductive stages with ample moisture and cooling temperatures.
Soybeans
- Crop will be variable and largely based on planting date and early-season stress mitigation.
- Variable planting conditions and excess rains led to poor early root development in eastern clay-based soil textures.
- Result - decrease in nodulation and late-season nitrogen fixation.
- Late season Phytophthora, SDS and other root pathogens were more predominant from early season stress.
- Early season stress in root development leads to poor root inoculation.
- Nutrient demand during reproductive stages peak and stressed areas begin to show.
- Early planted beans can have more nodes and thus require more N from rhizobium.
Day 3 Eastern Route - Placeholder
Bloomington, IL → Iowa City, IA
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Pioneer Leader - Kyle Quick, Field Agronomist
Noblesville, IN
#links to social media profiles
Overall, I believe we are sitting on a good corn crop with a lot of potential to maximize grain fill and test weight.
Crop Conditions - Eastern Iowa - Placeholder
- As of August 19: Corn crop ranges from R2-R5 development stages in much of eastern Indiana.
- Soybean crop growth stages range from R3-R7.
- Early season rain events meant sporadic planting windows for both corn and soybeans.
Corn
- GDU, solar radiation and annual rainfall all are tracking above the 10-year average.
- Foliar diseases set in early, stalled out near pollination, and are now progressing aggressively as we move into later reproductive stages with ample moisture and cooling temperatures.
Soybeans
- Crop will be variable and largely based on planting date and early-season stress mitigation.
- Variable planting conditions and excess rains led to poor early root development in eastern clay-based soil textures.
- Result - decrease in nodulation and late-season nitrogen fixation.
- Late season Phytophthora, SDS and other root pathogens were more predominant from early season stress.
- Early season stress in root development leads to poor root inoculation.
- Nutrient demand during reproductive stages peak and stressed areas begin to show.
- Early planted beans can have more nodes and thus require more N from rhizobium.
Day 4 Eastern Route - Placeholder
Iowa City, IA → Rochester, MN
Placeholder for leader name -title - copy
Pioneer Leader - Kyle Quick, Field Agronomist
Noblesville, IN
#links to social media profiles
Overall, I believe we are sitting on a good corn crop with a lot of potential to maximize grain fill and test weight.
Crop Conditions - Minnesota - Placeholder
- As of August 19: Corn crop ranges from R2-R5 development stages in much of eastern Indiana.
- Soybean crop growth stages range from R3-R7.
- Early season rain events meant sporadic planting windows for both corn and soybeans.
Corn
- GDU, solar radiation and annual rainfall all are tracking above the 10-year average.
- Foliar diseases set in early, stalled out near pollination, and are now progressing aggressively as we move into later reproductive stages with ample moisture and cooling temperatures.
Soybeans
- Crop will be variable and largely based on planting date and early-season stress mitigation.
- Variable planting conditions and excess rains led to poor early root development in eastern clay-based soil textures.
- Result - decrease in nodulation and late-season nitrogen fixation.
- Late season Phytophthora, SDS and other root pathogens were more predominant from early season stress.
- Early season stress in root development leads to poor root inoculation.
- Nutrient demand during reproductive stages peak and stressed areas begin to show.
- Early planted beans can have more nodes and thus require more N from rhizobium.