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La Salle County crop report: June 1-7 — Farmers welcome rain after dry stretch · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: LaSalle County Crop Report, June first seven. Farmers welcomed rain
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  after dry stretch. Written by Shaw Local News Network. This
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  article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  you by Everlet. Heavy weekend rains brought relief to LaSalle
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  County farmers after a dry stretch, though the uneven downpours
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  created new challenges across the region. Rainfall varied significantly, ranging
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  from zero point five inches in Serena to three inches
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  near Rutland, with some areas receiving even more. The spotty
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  nature of the storms left some fields ponded and caused
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  debris to accumulate in waterways and ditches. It was very
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  dry and we got what we were asking for, many
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  a little bit too much. Ken Bernard of Grandridge said
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  it came down so hard and fast that I have
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  never seen it pawnd up in the fields like it did.
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  Cornstalks from last year piled up in fields, waterways and
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  roads ditches, potentially damaging growing crops. Farmers are assessing the
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  extent of damage from the heavy rainfall. Despite the challenges,
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  fieldwork progressed during the week. Most farmers completed herbicide applications
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  on corn and soybeans side dressed. Nitrogen applications on corn
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  are largely finished, though some remain challenging due to wet conditions.
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  First cutting hay operations are underway, with yields varying across
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  the county. Early planted corn is over knee high and
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  shading rows, while soybeans are developing well. Wheat fields are
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  turning earlier than in previous years with little disease pressure
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  from the dry weather preceding the rains. Farmers are considering
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  second crop soybeans as an option given current moisture levels.
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  Grain markets decline during the reporting week, adding pressure as
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  input costs remain elevated. Rainfall for the week June first
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  seven Serena zero point five inches, Mendota two inches, Marseilles
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  one point twenty five inches, grand Ridge two point two inches,
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  Rutland three inches. Crop report provided by LaSalle County Farm
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  Bureau