Crop Watcher May 6 - Not Quite There

Todd Easton Coles County May 6 2011: It has been another idle week across the area as a little rain here and there has been keeping fields too wet to work in. Producers are crossing their fingers that the forecasted rain over the weekend doesn’t materialize into much and gives us an opportunity to start some work next week. The corn in the fields has had another tough week with the cool and wet weather making for slow growth and slightly pale color as the majority of the corn enters the V2 stage. The plant life that has been growing rapidly in many fields is winter annuals and early season weeds and the muddy conditions have prevented sprayers from doing anything about it. I will keep my fingers crossed that I will have actual progress to report next week.