Hence, the longer one can wait to take PSNT soil samples, the better. If manures or legumes were incorporated more recently than about four or five weeks prior to collecting the soil nitrate samples, taking some additional credit for nitrate N that will become available with time after sampling will be appropriate. Regional Updates 1-Southeast Ned Birkey, Department Weather Rain on Memorial Day and afterwards was about one inch. High winds have continued to keep farm field sprayers in the machine shed. The air temperature and soil moisture this past week have been ideal for tremendous crop growth.
Commodities report Some alfalfa is up, some is down and some is yet to be cut.
Regrowth on early cutting is already over four inches tall. No reports of alfalfa weevil or potato leafhopper damage on the regrowth. Price is down and most of this cutting is of good quality. No knee high corn by June 4, with advanced fields at the V4 growth stage, though most fields are at V2-V3. Weeds are growing as rapidly as the corn, up to six inches in one Roundup field, yet to be sprayed.