From the Field Crop Reports: July 11

EASTERN IOWA

Jerry Broders

Things are looking good in Eastern Iowa! This Latham® corn plot was planted April 29, and the 114-day hybrid has already tasseled. This soybean plot was planted May 16.

CENTRAL IOWA

Bryan Rohe

These photos were taken this week at a Latham plot near Oskaloosa, Iowa. It’s time to start looking at plots and planning for next year’s seed needs. “Independent Options” will make the difference! Latham Hi-Tech Seeds will offer six different soybeans technologies and many different corn hybrids to maximize your profit per acre.

 

NORTHEAST IOWA & SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

Craig Haaland

It’s important to keep scouting your fields. Here’s a field of our popular LH 5245 VT2 PRO RIB in Black Hawk County. It’s been a dry week, so farmers were able to finish spraying. Soybean fields are finally starting to come around and looking better.

Craig 1

WEST NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

Bart Peterson

Latham® Dealers are busy putting signs in corn and soybean SuperStrip plots.

NORTH CENTRAL IOWA & SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

Cory Greiman

NORTHWEST IOWA

Darin Chapman

Weather events just keep happening in Northwest Iowa. Just as we finished with replants, Mother Nature delivered hail.

WESTERN IOWA & EASTERN NEBRASKA

Larry Krapfl

Soybeans have begun to flower in my territory and we are beginning to see a lot of sprayers in the field with the dryer weather conditions this week.

SOUTHERN WISCONSIN

Greg Mair

LH 5495 3122 EZR has excellent plant health at flowering in southern Wisconsin.  This field’s end use will be corn silage this fall because of the tonnage and flexible use of this product.  I have not noticed much for corn diseases in the fields in 2018.

The only pests I have seen in fields are Japanese Beetles.  The Japanese Beetles are just starting to chew on soybean plants as seen in this field of L 2228 R2.  Now is the time to scout your fields for weed and pest issues. It’s also time to start planning for 2019.

NORTHERN WISCONSIN

Joey Salter

Overall, crops are still in pretty good condition across Northern Wisconsin. However, signs of drought are present on lighter soils. As leaves curl and turn gray, farmers are becoming more concerned about yield loss. This link to an Iowa State University article includes some very good information about yield loss in both corn and soybeans: https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2017/07/influence-drought-corn-and-soybean

SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

Jay Nelson

As I’m looking at crops, it’s apparent that Latham products are awesome. This Field was split planted and LH 5245 stood strong against some heavy wind. This area also received 11 inches of rain over three days.

Jay

NORTHERN MINNESOTA

Ken Highness

This picture was taken July 7 near Morris, Minn. This field of LH 455TQ RR was planted this spring and spayed twice with Roundup®. You can see the great weed control in this first cutting.

SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

Ramie Coughlin

This week winter wheat harvest has kicked off in South Dakota. With some long awaited dry warm weather, the wheat finished drying and combines started rolling. Little Jett looks on while his dad, Jim, unloads a hopper full of wheat.

Ramie

EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

Brian McNamee

Latham® LH 4940 CONV/LFY continues to impress everywhere its grown. I can’t wait to do pre-harvest tests for tons per acre and silage quality. It looks to be an exciting new addition to our Latham portfolio.

Brian