Still got your dirt?

Wow, was it ever windy on Monday! My eyes are still stinging from all the dust in the air. I was told out by Zurich, there was hesitation to send the school buses home as visibility was so bad. I was thankful that my own fields are notill, we kept our dirt and maybe even gained some.

So today I am trying something new. I have a new phone and am trying to blog directly from it. Sorry if the format looks a little off, I need to play with it a little.

Here's a pic of some April 9th planted corn. Looking pretty good. Soil temperatures have been fairly constant over 50F and there is moisture there as the field got about 2/10's on the weekend.

I was also in a field of September planted wheat today. It's at growth stage 31 ( first node) and very thick. There is very little disease pressure, I only found some septoria on the dead winter leaves. Weed pressure in this field is low but come next week, it will be time to start scouting your wheat fields for herbicide and fungicide application. There are a few cool nights forecasted until the middle of next week and then it will be time to get over the wheat. To avoid damage, I try to avoid any applications 2-3 days
before and after a <5C night.

One other note. If you are still in need of any corn seed, please let me know as soon as possible. I have a good supply of top 2800HU+ seed and some seed available that is less than 2800HU.