Unsolicited Agronomist thoughts: Beans-find a good stopping point by early afternoon today. Corn-Keep it in the bag until after this system passes and soil temps rebound. Definitely NO corn on Monday.
Planted 4/8 • Photo 4/21 • Avg. 13-day soil temp. = 50ºF • 50% of the time temps > 50ºF • 50% of the time temps < 50ºF • Accumulated soil-based GDD over 13 days = 45 • Not surprising to see only this much progress • Time will tell re chilling injury @PurdueAgronomy
We’re starting out this week with bone chilling soil temps and not sure it’s going to improve much through the week.
You only get one shot at a good stand. Be smart!
Happy #WinterSolstice!
To celebrate, we collected an image per day over the last year from #GOESEast, taken at 1200 UTC, and looped them together. You can really see how the seasons change from #equinox to #solstice due to the #Earth's 23.5° tilt.
This week Speaker Pelosi said we are running out of time to pass the #USMCA - well farmers, manufactuers, and hardworking Americans are running out of patience with the Do Nothing Democrats endless investigations.
Did a quick calculation on who missed the rain. For counties in IL and IN that have been in deficit over the last month, 829 million bu of corn received less than a 0.5" of rain in the last 72 hours. Next 10-days are critical for those counties (NBM 9-day rainfall forecast below)