A few areas have started taking a third cut. Leafhopper populations are high and sprays are being applied. Rain was wide spread throughout the area. Rainfall ranged from around 1 inch in the southern areas to over 4 inches in the Fergus area. This rain has come at a time that most corn, bean and hay crops will be able to take advantage of it.
Harvest is complete with most yields above average.
Yields in the north are above average while in the south the lack of rain reduced the yield and bushel weight. Most swathing is complete and other fields are being left for direct combining. Some early fields have started to dent. Check your fields as silo filling will be early this year by a couple of weeks. Spider mites have been a problem in drier areas but will be controlled by a natural fungus with the recent rains.