Barley and oats in underseeded fields are starting to head. There continues to be very little weather suitable for dying hay. With the poor drying conditions, be sure to monitor hay mows for heating. If you detect a slight caramel odour or a distinct musty smell, chances are your hay is heating. Many farmers are wrapping large haylage bales, as an alternative to dry hay.
Pasture conditions are excellent, with heavy growth.
Cool temperatures are slowing maturity to some degree. Early planted corn in well-drained fields continues to grow well and has passed the point of being able to spray or sidedress nitrogen. For the many fields where corn is looking short, uneven or yellow growers are struggling with the decision to sidedress more nitrogen because of potential N losses. Most growers should focus their concerns on excessively well drained, sandy soils, where nitrogen leaching may have occurred or on heavy textured, poorly drained soils, that have been saturated much of June, which may have been exposed to N loss by denitrification. A soil test for nitrate will assist you in making a recommendation.