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Farmers urged to scout corn fields for black cutworm and western corn rootworm to safeguard crop health and yield potential.
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Farmers urged to scout corn fields for black cutworm and western corn rootworm to safeguard crop health and yield potential.
Corn and soybean yields in Illinois for the 2023 growing season were higher than some farmers expected with the dry weather partially as a result of the outstanding root systems of these plants.
With the growing season shifting from June to July, the severe drought began to break apart in some areas of Illinois that then brought on other challenges.
The drought that impacted much of Illinois was a primary concern in the first half of the 2023 growing season. Stephanie Porter and Kelsey Litchfield of the Illinois Soybean Association peeled away the layers of this past crop season in a recent podcast.
The droughty growing season revealed some “oopsies” and unusual disease occurrences in fields. Stephanie Porter reviewed the 2023 growing season during an ISA Field Talk event.