Scout’s Honor Weekly Report: May 29-June 2
This week our crop scouts were able to get a full week of scouting in! As always they are excited to share their knowledge and findings from this past week and each week to come. *Every Friday during the summer we will feature their scouting 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
Crops are emerging and growing great in the fields that were replanted. Stand counts are consistently between 30,000 -34,000 plants per acre.
Stage
The corn has moved into V3-V4 staging. Soybeans in the southern territory are reaching V3 and soybeans in the northern territory are reaching VC staging.
Plant Conditions
We are still seeing some discoloration in various corn and soybean plants as they are emerging and growing. We’re keeping a close eye on this to make sure these issues are just weather and chemical related and not an indicator of deficiencies. We have also scouted a hand full of fields, both corn and soybean fields, that have been damaged by insect feeding.
Insects
Bean leaf beetles have been found chewing on soybean plants. Army worms pressure is less evident this week and for the most part are under control. There are some outlying fields that are still having issues though.
Weeds
Waterhemp is still an issue in fields. Giant ragweed is starting to thicken next to and in waterways. Throughout fields, we’ve found velvetleaf. We are continuing to see a variety of weeds but we are happy to see that most of these issues are under control.
Territory Info
Soybeans in the south are at an average stage of V2. The soybeans in the north are at an average stage of VC. Overall the fields are dry and could use some rain. Corn is looking great across our whole territory. We are hoping to see the soybeans follow this same trend as they grow out of their “ugly duckling” stages.
Fun Facts
We have been finding lady beetles frequently. This is good because they actually eat pest, which can be harmful to the crops.
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