Local producers have been able to plant the majority of the corn crop in the last three weeks. Oats fields are looking fair to good while the wheat and barley have lodged slightly from the past few days of rain. Foliar diseases on the small grains seem to be at low levels so far this year. The alfalfa harvest has begun in our area, a few producers baled some dry hay but most fields were harvested as haylage or round bale silage. I have had a few reports of heavy damage from alfalfa weevils.
Most alfalfa is in the late bud stage.
All of the grass species have headed out by now with the timothy just coming out over the holiday weekend.