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Crop report: Heavy rain halts fieldwork, week of June 8-14 · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Crop report. Heavy rain halts field work week of June eighth, fourteen,
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  Speaker 1: written by Shaw Local News Network. This article is being
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  Speaker 1: Heavy rain dominated the week across LaSalle County, with farmers
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  Speaker 1: reporting between two point five and four point seven inches
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  Speaker 1: of precipitation that halted field work and accelerated weed growth.
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  Speaker 1: David Hall serena, the reporting week was full of rain
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  Speaker 1: and not much else. We watched crops and weeds grow
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  Speaker 1: quickly with the heat and humidity. Hall's rain gage recorded
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  Speaker 1: four point seven inches. Corn is knee high and we'll
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  Speaker 1: need herbicide spraying soon In fields that didn't receive pre
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  Speaker 1: rain applications. Markets have moved sideways to down. But with
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  Speaker 1: a supposed end to the Iran war, maybe input prices
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  Speaker 1: will at least decrease, he said. Ken Beck Mendota Beck
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  Speaker 1: received three inches of rain that brought post spraying to
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  Speaker 1: a halt. We have had reports with storms coming through.
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  Speaker 1: Reports of green snap and microbursts have happened in spots,
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  Speaker 1: he said. I have heard other people have it far
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  Speaker 1: worse than me. That's the way it is. Mother nature rules.
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  Speaker 1: David Meyer Marseillese Meyer recorded two point five inches over
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  Speaker 1: several days, with more rain in the forecast. It's boom
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  Speaker 1: or bust with the rain, he said. Grain markets are
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  Speaker 1: searching for a bottom as farmers clean out last year's crop.
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  Speaker 1: Yellowing in the fields is evident from excess rain and
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  Speaker 1: ponding like we haven't seen in recent years, Meyer noted.
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  Speaker 1: Ken Bernard, grand Ridge Bernard received four point two inches,
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  Speaker 1: with many areas reporting higher totals. It has been next
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  Speaker 1: to impossible to get any crop sprayed. The crops have
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  Speaker 1: grown substantially since the rains came, but the weeds have too.
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  Speaker 1: He said. It is going to be hard to kill
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  Speaker 1: the weeds the bigger they get. Hay growth has improved
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  Speaker 1: second crop prospects, but farmers need dry one to cut
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  Speaker 1: and bale. Wheat is turning quickly, with combines expected to
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  Speaker 1: roll around June twenty fourth, twenty eight. Bernard noted that
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  Speaker 1: no one was seriously hurt by last week's storms and
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  Speaker 1: tornadoes in LaSalle County and surrounding areas. Jeffrey Jansen, Rutland.
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  Speaker 1: Jansen received two point five inches in seven days. Ground
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  Speaker 1: conditions are wet, with no fieldwork possible. Some crops are
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  Speaker 1: showing stress where water has been standing. He said tornadoes
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  Speaker 1: were visible from his home Thursday of last week, but
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  Speaker 1: caused no damage to his property, though trees and buildings
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  Speaker 1: were damaged within a few miles. Rainfall totals for the
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  Speaker 1: week Sta Serena four point cesson Grand Ridge four point two,
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  Speaker 1: Minzota three point zero sack, Marseilles two point five, Rutland
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  Speaker 1: two point five sick