Harvest has begun in northeast Missouri but there are some stalk quality issues. Jody Foutch, Technical Agronomist with Dekalb Asgrow, tells Brownfield a lot of corn was planted in that region in April when cool temperatures and wet soils lasted into May…

“Those roots need oxygen just like we do and if you have those saturated soils they can struggle to put on a good root system.”

Foutch says some fusarium crown rot also developed and compaction added to the problems.

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