Photo By Erika Parker
An agronomist in Illinois says this season has “been a wild ride” for corn in the eastern part of the state.
Erika Parker with Advanced Agrilytics says variable weather conditions, nitrogen loss, and disease pressure after R3 caused challenges.
“It was so sad how fast the corn crop went from amazingly beautiful to just a painful corn plant death,” she says. “The repercussions of that were stalk quality that deteriorated quickly, the plant wasn’t able to get or move those nutrients because the plant was under stress, and less kernel depth.
