An agronomist says waterhemp and earworms are some of the biggest challenges in southern Illinois corn and soybean fields.

Ben Wiegmann with Beck’s Hybrids tells Brownfield the lack of rainfall during June prevented residual herbicides from activating, especially in soybeans.

“But then also the lack of humidity when a lot of Liberty applications were made too. You combine those two together and you’re going to have some hairy fields out there with a lot of waterhemp.”

He says corn fields are looking fairly clean.

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