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Month: August 2024

Keeping a Close Eye on the 2024 Soybean Crop

Posted on August 30, 2024March 5, 2025 by Giovani Preza Fontes

Ratings for the 2024 Illinois soybean crop have been high most of the season, and the August 1 estimate released by NASS is for yield at average 66 bushels per acre. That would be a new record for Illinois, 2 bushels higher than the 2021 yield, and 4.9 bushels higher than the 2024 trendline yield…

Posted in Soybean

Can Illinois corn yields really be that high?

Posted on August 19, 2024March 5, 2025 by Giovani Preza Fontes

Wet weather delayed planting of some of the 2024 Illinois corn crop, but stands (except in drowned-out low spots) are generally good. Warm, dry weather in June caused some water stress in places, but kept development moving and helped roots to establish…

Posted in Corn

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