Almost every kind of weather challenge

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Almost every kind of weather challenge

An agronomist in eastern Kansas and northwest Missouri says they’ve had nearly every kind of weather this growing season which has created a lot of challenges.

“There, right around Easter, we had six, seven inches of snow, if not more in places, with a couple nights in the freezing temps. Then, some really good growing conditions with good sunshine and heat but then we also hit our periods of extreme drought and stress and then some late season rains.”

Brian Green with DeKalb Asgrow says in spite of the weather, yields have been very good in many areas but the disease triangle is in place.

“You could see some late season stalk quality issues or standability. You know, some root rot that we don’t normally expect to see in certain hybrids or varieties.”

And all the rainfall has increased nutrient loss, “There’s just SO many factors that go into that high yield and unfortunately even though we had some real good yield potential this year it has led to quite a few different challenges.”

Green says even if a grower was able to top dress crops with nitrogen after the rain, it won’t fix all the potential problems. He advises growers to review product performance from this season.

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