The USDA’s good to excellent crop ratings in Illinois are
only 37% for corn and 38% for soybeans.
Rob Shaffer farms in El Paso, Illinois where both crops are behind.
“We didn’t start planting until June 1st which is the latest I have ever put in a corn crop, for the first time, in my career and I have been farming since 1987.”
As of Sunday, 95% of the Illinois corn crop has emerged
and 4% is silking.
Continue reading Illinois crops struggling as end of planting nears at Brownfield Ag News.
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