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Farmers, agronomists watch for corn germination issues
Some farmers and agronomists in the Upper Midwest are concerned that corn fields planted just prior to late April’s freezing temperatures could have germination problems.
“We’re going to be watching the April 23rd and 24th dates,” says Joel DeJong, Extension crops specialist in northwest Iowa. “That’s when we had a really cold spell shortly after planting and that’s the time period we were maybe a little more concerned about imbibitional chilling. So we’re going to watch over the next few days to see how emergence from those planting dates has been.”
Dejong says some of the corn planted earlier in April was also hurt by the cold and wet conditions, but he thinks most of it will be okay.
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