The split between dryer weather in northern Illinois and wetter conditions further south have created separate challenges for corn and beans this growing season, but agronomists say crops are faring well.
“I think our potential is still pretty darn good.”
Kurt Maertens, covering western Illinois for BASF tells Brownfield for corn farmers, “The biggest concern growers probably have right now especially in the southern part of the state from all that early rain, is the unevenness of the crop.
