Scout’s Honor Weekly Report: May 22-26
Our crop scout’s were working hard this past week and even dodged the rain! They are excited to share their knowledge and findings from this week and each week to come. *Every Friday during the summer we will feature their reports on the blog and our social media accounts; check in to see what’s happening in our community. We look forward to seeing the changes in the agriculture world this time of year and hope that you find the information to be helpful!
Stand Counts
The margin is narrowing and uniformity throughout the field is becoming consistent across our territory.
Stage
The corn has moved into V2 staging and the beans are starting to finally emerge in the northern territories.
Plant Conditions
As many of you know, the storms we experienced last week were severe in most areas. We are finding hail damage to the corn plants as the result of this. The hail tears and rips through the leaves, but since the plants are still young they will recover from the damage. We have also noticed discoloration throughout corn fields to the plants. The discoloration to the tissue of the corn plants can be blamed on the cold weather that occurred after planting. This purple pigmentation occurs because the plant takes in sugars from the soil and they build up and cannot be distributed throughout the plant due to the minimal growing degree days. The pigmentation is starting to diminish and the rich green color that we all love is returning to the crop.
Insects
We have found bean leaf beetles chewing on some of the emerged soybean leaves. Armyworm damage is still being found throughout our fields, especially in fields which have previously had rye as a cover crop, or next to a field with rye as a cover crop.
Weeds
Water hemp with a side of crops. Giant ragweed is a very common issue in many of our fields. (But most have been sprayed). Grasses are starting to become a prominent issue, along with tree saplings next to timbers. We are having fun identifying new weeds and are enjoying helping report back to farmers on their weed pressures.
Territory Info
Soybeans in the south are at an average stage of VE. The majority of our soybeans in the north are also starting to emerge.
Fun Facts
We love scouting fields when there are animals nearby to keep us company!
*The Scouts Honor Scouting Report will be posted every Friday as long as there are new findings in the field
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