One field in the central part of the county had gray leaf spot lesions on the lower leaves. The plants are blooming in all fields with pod set beginning in a few. Bean leaf beetle numbers are beginning to increase with as many as 10 per 20 sweeps of a sweep net. There was one report of a crop consultant who recommended treatment of twospotted spider mites in one field. Alfalfa - The crop looks good in all locations.
Soil moisture is good to a depth of one foot but below that level the soil is dry.
Grasshoppers were still in the 2 nd and 3 rd instar growth stage. Lygus bugs were found in some fields but their numbers were not high. In some fields the plants are in the 9 leaf stages whereas in some fields heads were observed. Some of the plants had quite a few corn leaf aphids in the leaves of the whorl but no damage. Pasture - Pasture grasses continue to improve.