Leafhoppers have stunted a number of fields and chemical control may be warranted to maximize 3rd cut potential and reduce winterkill due to lowered root reserves. Cooler temperatures and scattered light showers have reduced the heat and drought stress but more rain is still needed. Corn is tasselling and silking during this dry spell. Leaves are not showing drought stress yet. Growth is good in these fields.
Soybeans continue to flower.
Harvest of winter wheat is just being completed. Yields and grades were good in the area with only a few locations where dwarf bunt became a problem. Early planted barley is ready now as well. Later planted barley will be a week or so before harvest. Spring canola is swathed ready to soon combine if it was early planted and still green if later planted.