Crops across the state have virtually been planted.

According to the latest Crop Progress and Condition Report, corn was 88 percent planted statewide at the end of last week, and close to 75 percent of soybeans were planted. Landus Cooperative Field Agronomist Dan Bjorklund tells Raccoon Valley Radio that crops in Greene County have all been pretty much planted for the year. He points out one area of concern and that is locations in farm fields that had substantial ponding from too much rainfall.

“Probably now what guys are thinking about is replanting those areas when they can get back in. Probably go with soybeans because we’re going to be, in some cases, the middle part of June, depending upon what happens with the weather next week. Just trying to have something out there to keep the weed pressure down, to get a little bit of crop out of there.”   

Bjorklund advises to not replant corn, unless it can happen prior to June 15th, otherwise it isn’t necessarily worth it. He recommends farmers to consider applying nitrogen fertilizer to help push crops along that might be struggling, due to all of the recent rainfall. Bjorklund adds the ponding areas could also be more heightened spots for diseases to spread as well.