Saturated hay fields are being rutted by the haying equipment in the eastern part of the area. Early reports point to average yields with below average bushel weights. Fusarium head blight is common in wheat and barley and to some extent in oats. Corn is pollinating and the silks have started to dry down in the early planted fields. Although most fields have low spots which suffered from excess moisture, the crop looks good overall.
Soybeans continue to flower and set pods.
The frequent showers kept the soybeans and white bean canopy wet for extended periods of time which has initiated white mold infection. Corn and soybeans are still developing 7 to 10 days ahead of average. Scattered showers off and on this past week. Most of the rainfall was in south and east part of Carleton county and decreasing accumulations as you travel north into West Carleton and Renfrew county. Some isolated areas received very heavy rainfall over a short period of time.