A Midwest agronomist is expecting a near-record corn crop in Illinois this year.
Mike Toohill with AgriSompo tells Brownfield some farmers are concerned about tip back and on-going drought stress in western Illinois but, “Based on what I have been seeing, this corn crop finished amazingly strong. There are very big kernels out there in the fields, very little water damage in Illinois – most of the high ground held on pretty well.”
He says it is a fairly healthy crop too, with minimal disease pressure this season.
