Late planted crops are starting to show signs of
crop stress in Michigan from prolonged heat.

The USDA says corn condition dropped ten points
to 55 percent good to excellent. 
Soybeans are eight percent emerged, and condition dropped nine points to
55 percent good to excellent.

Jonesville farmer Scott Welden says drought stress is a real possibility with continued hot and dry weather and he’ll have irrigators running. “The lighter soils that are not irrigated are definitely starting to show signs of drought stress. 

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