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La Salle County crop report: Heavy rains slow fieldwork, June 15-21 · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: LaSalle County Crop Report, Heavy rain, slow field work June fifteenth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, Written by Shaw Local News Network. This article
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. Heavy rains continued to dominate farming operations across
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  Speaker 1: LaSalle County during the week of June fifteenth, twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: with rainfall ranging from two to four point six inches
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  Speaker 1: and leaving fields water logged and work schedules in disarray.
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  Speaker 1: Farmers reported standing water across the region, forcing them to
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  Speaker 1: halt spraying operations and reassess planting plans. According to the
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  Speaker 1: LaSalle County far Bureau Crop Report, some cornfields that missed
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  Speaker 1: post emergence herbicide applications will need aerial spraying, an expensive
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  Speaker 1: option that adds to already high input costs. This year,
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  Speaker 1: we survived another week of rain and storms, David Meyer
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  Speaker 1: of Marseilles said in a news release, who received two
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  Speaker 1: point four inches, crops look tough and growth is very slow.
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  Speaker 1: The excessive moisture has created a diffficult choice for farmers
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  Speaker 1: with drowned out areas. The Bureau said it's too late
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  Speaker 1: to replant corn in those spots, so many planned to
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  Speaker 1: replant soybeans within the next two weeks to manage weed pressure.
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  Speaker 1: Ken Bernard of grand Ridge, who recorded three point one inches,
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  Speaker 1: said the shift from drought conditions earlier in the season
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  Speaker 1: to current wet conditions has been jarring, hard to comprehend
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  Speaker 1: to completely turn over from too dry to unbelievable wet conditions,
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  Speaker 1: Bernard said in a news release. Despite the challenges, some
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  Speaker 1: crops are thriving. Hay fields are producing new growth, and
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  Speaker 1: early planted corn is reaching shoulder height. The Bureau reported
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  Speaker 1: wheat harvest is approaching, though the damp weather is slowing
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  Speaker 1: maturity rainfall Serena four point six inches, Mendota two point
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  Speaker 1: zero inches, Marseille two point four inches, grand Ridge three
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  Speaker 1: point one PCs inches, Rutland three point zero inches.