Some fields are still a week or more away from tasseling however. Many corn fields have drowned out areas or otherwise water damaged parts of the field. This is an excellent year to fly over your fields to observe soil and crop conditions. Leaf rust has shown up this year and may be a problem. Fortunately this year there have not been the very hot conditions that normally would have shut down the plant development.
Soybeans are generally blooming, however plant growth is less than normal.
For example last year I was in chest high fields by July 1, while this year no fields are even close to waist high. Double crop soybeans following winter wheat have gone in as late as this week and as early as two weeks ago. Japanese beetles populations are building and in some cases are causing significant defoliation. Sugar beets continue to generally look very good with spraying continuing for leaf spot. Wheat yields have generally been very good with generally very low vomitoxin levels.