Todd Easton Coles County July 08 2011: This year it is amazing what can happen in ten days while you are away. You may have noticed my absence last week in this column as the Family and I had a nice trip out west. While we were gone most of the beans got their much needed herbicide application, the wheat was harvested, double crop beans were drilled, and the corn and beans grew a lot. The early April planted corn has almost completed the early vegetative stages and is now entering the R-1 stage. May planted corn looks to be a week away from the VT tassel stage and has caught up to the earlier corn in height. All of the corn in the area benefited from the inch of rain we received last weekend and at this point has great potential. The soybean fields are looking much better with the weeds among the beans finally turning yellow and disappearing quickly. The crop is generally even at the R-1 to R-2 blooming stages and making great progress also. The wheat crop is in the bin with mixed results as the crop for the most part showed the stress of the exceptionally dry fall last year. Most of the yields I overheard were in the 50’s and 60’s with the best being around 85 bushel per acre. Double Crop beans went in right behind the combines and after the rain should be off to a good and timely start. As we traveled the I-80 corridor the crop condition got noticeably better the closer to home we got. This state and especially this area is in very good shape especially compared to many of the fields out west.
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