Death comes to us all. Life's but a walking shadow | And substantial areas of southern Wisconsin, northern Ill, central Ind and Ohio have received 4 to 6 inches of excess precipitation, they could easily show 20 to 30 bushel per acre declines from trendline yield due to excess precipitation. I know that here, even my better corn on better drained soils (tiled as well) varies dramatic in height while still good green color. From the road some of my corn near the barn looks quite good but we were binning wheat yesterday and I happened to climb the bin. I was quite surprised at the height variation in the corn field. It looked like a rumpled rug. I'm quite certain that this height variation will be reflected in the yield at harvest. I am slowly becoming convinced that we have a real sleeper of a story here that won't become fully apparent until the combines start reporting. You can't have parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Ill and South Dakota 20-30 bushel short due to the lack to precip. and at the same time as Wis., Ind, and Ohio are short due to excess precipitation without having a significant effect on national yield.
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30, 60, & 90 day deviation from normal
