The final full week of May allowed for more catch up in corn and soybean planting, but there weren’t as many good windows as the prior week. Southern Indiana DEKALB Asgrow Technical Agronomist Jordan Arndell says 70-80 percent of the seeds are now in the ground.
“We’ve made some really good progress over the last two weeks, and really glad for that,” he told HAT. “I feel like we’re sitting in a pretty good spot right now.”
Stands are looking good, according to Arndell. The late planting has proved beneficial to development of those strong stands.
“We planted into soils that had adequate moisture and had plenty of heat units to come out of the ground, so everything came out of the ground really quickly,” he explained.
So far, he has not seen a situation where that required replant, and replanting doesn’t look to be a major issue this season. But disease is something to watch with the later planting. Arndell says be ready to alter your fungicide plans this year. He goes into more detail in the full HAT interview:
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