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More spotty rains, occurred this weekend... some areas are too wet to get on the field, while others after Monday's beautiful drying day, are ready for spray and fertilizer. Sandier areas of our locale such as Glencoe and North of the 402 have been able to push forward with planting/fertilizer/spray, while our clay ground growers unfortunately for the most part, are parked.
Fingers crossed the forecasted Friday rain pushes off and we are able to get some more planting done. Corn planting for our Wanstead customers is currently pegged at 5% completed, with soybeans at 1%. The only silver lining to all of this rain is that when the fields are ready to plant, we should not have a problem finding moisture in the soil to plant into!! For perspective, on May 17th last year, roughly 70% of the corn planting was complete, and 30% of the soybeans are estimated to be in. This does not mean we need to panic yet. We can plant a huge percentage of the county in a week. and we are not flipping the calendar to June yet, so lets see what mother nature has in store for us for the next few weeks.
For any fertilizer application, we have lots of spreaders and are happy to serve you! From a custom application perspective, our airflows will be ready once the weather allows to broadcast fertilizer. Burndowns have started, but there are many more to do. Burndown programs will have to be 2-3 different types of chemical because the weeds are well ahead of schedule. If you have certain problem weeds, talk to your agronomist about the best chemical to use to combat them! The best way to have a clean crop is to start with a clean field. Please call ahead for custom application and keep us up to date when your field is fit to go!
Seed pickups are going well with a significant percentage of our stocks already picked up or delivered. Please let us know if you would like to arrange a pickup or deliver for any outstanding seed or chemical!
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