Cropwatcher 7-31-09 Salesman Season

Todd Easton Coles County July 31 2009: Hard to believe it is the end of July already the really late planting season seems to have thrown me off on where the calendar should be. Salesman season seems to have started I have already had a few come by fortunately their pricing this year seems to be more realistic of course no seed prices yet but I hope those numbers won’t be too shocking. We received light showers the last weekend that brought .5 to a full inch in places. Currently we are getting well timed rains and hopefully that continues through August. Our latest corn fields are getting a good start on pollination while the rest of them are done pollinating in all but the low spots that I’m afraid will be disappointing when the combines roll through. Soybean fields have had some good growth in just this last week most in the R2 stage and hopefully will continue this and come closer to where they should be this time of year. Until next week watch out for the salesmen.