Purdue University Corn Specialist Dan Quinn is encouraging growers to scout and prioritize corn fields for harvest.
“The big thing we always stress is scouting those fields that may have been stressed more than others and that really comes back to stalk quality and potential stalk lodging issues when we get closer to harvest,” he says. “In fields that may have been severely stressed this season we can get to the point where the corn plant cannibalizes itself in certain instances where it has lower stalk quality and then maybe you get lower stalk diseases.
