Average Temperature Departure from Mean July 3-9, 2018
Average Temperature Departure from Mean July 3-9, 2018
Total Precipitation July 5-11, 2018.
The other day, one of the patrons of Rudy’s Bar and Grill walks in with an ear of corn that exhibited long, flowing locks of blonde silks tumbling down the sides of the husk leaves and asked two questions: “Why are the silks so long?” and “Do such long silks bode ill for the success of corn pollination?”
As most of you are aware, we are monitoring the dicamba and Xtend soybean situation fairly closely. There have been a number of articles in the press recently regarding drift complaints and acreage affected in other states.
Most of our pheromone trappers got their report in during this Independence Day holiday, see “Western Bean Cutworm Pheromone Trap Report.”
Frustrations have been expressed about the numbers of Japanese beetles and their soybean defoliation this season. This compounds the weather woes that soybean has endured, i.e., too wet, too dry, too hot, yellowing from nutrient deficiencies, and the herbicides seemingly torching them.
Average Temperature Departure from Mean June 27 – July 3, 2018
Total Precipitation June 28 – July 4, 2018
– Corn produces individual male and female flowers on the same plant.
– The ear represents the female flower of the corn plant.
– Severe soil moisture deficits can delay silk emergence and disrupt the synchrony of pollen shed and silk availability, resulting in poor kernel set.
Excessive rainfall and flooding often result in the loss of applied and soil-derived nitrogen (N).
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