Todd Easton Coles County August 7 2009: Summer heat and humidity seems to have finally shown up here in Coles County. I have spent most of the week in and out of several fields in spite of the heat to see how the crop is getting along and have been surprised at how much potential we actually have so far. The majority of the corn is in the R-2 to R-3 stage I have not seen any pollination problems and population and kernel counts are very good. Soybeans so far look good also and range from beginning bloom (R-1) to beginning pod (R-2) stages and are almost canopied in even the 30” rows. So right now we have potential we will need rain and warm temperatures through much of September to hold on to it. Grandpa wanted me to mention our rainfall total here so far has been a whopping 34.2”and we have received 5” of rain since July 1 and hopefully will get close to that in August. With one week to go I am still trying to figure out this ACRE program and I wish luck to anyone else who is trying to do the same.
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