Posted 8/16/2011 13:28 (#1914938 - in reply to #1914689) Subject: RE: Trip across S MN and E SD yesterday - N deficiency
southern MN
Jim - 8/16/2011 09:12
Across S MN I was surprised to see patches of very yellow corn in places. Almost like it was too dry or maybe too wet but much of this was on high spots and they have had plenty of rain
It was both - too wet into June, now pretty dry the last month. Roots didn't grow in the saturated soil, now the water & nutrients are deep but the corn didn't root down in time to find them.
The low spots look good from the road but they are thin and shorter than they appear; the high spots are drying out & not getting what they need.
Third largest corn crop forecasted
