Preliminary Route Report with Lane Akre, eastern Tour leader
What counties (with state and district) have you sampled from?
Ohio - Wyandot, Hardin and Auglaize counties
Corn yield range:
130 to 218 bpa
Corn yield average:
170.1 bpa
Soybean pod count range in 3’x3’ square:
472 to 2135
Soybean pod count average in 3’x3’ square:
1,308
Please share a few (one to three) comments from your route:
We were surprised at how underdeveloped some of the corn was, producers struggled to get in. Crops that were planted early were in pretty good shape. Would be interesting to come back in a week to see how it stands up given recent rains. Beans are average and better than expected. There is more variability than I would have thought, but overall everything looked good. There is some minor disease pressure in corn but nothing to write home about.
Preliminary Route Report with Kyle Wendlund, eastern Tour consultant
What counties (with state and district) have you sampled from?
Ohio – Madison, Champaign, Darke (Districts 4 & 5)
Indiana – Randolph, Henry, Madison, Hancock (Districts 5 & 6)
Corn yield range:
OH – 139 to 235 bpa
IN – 157 to 203 bpa
Corn yield average:
OH – 183.6 bpa
IN – 178.9 bpa
Soybean pod count range in 3’x3’ square:
OH – 979 to 1856
IN –728 to 1528.8
Soybean pod count average in 3’x3’ square:
OH - 1,357.9
IN – 1,194.6
Please share a few comments from your route:
There is plenty of moisture, mud and night crawlers in Ohio. There are spots in beans have obviously been wet before the recent rains – we can tell by tough stands. The corn looks fairly healthy, but disease is starting to creep in. We’ve been seeing a fair amount of Northern Leaf Blight, more so than Rust or Tar Spot.
On our leg of the Tour, everything has been pretty mature – we have seen some corn that has dented, with lower leaves showing some nutrient deficiency, likely from too much moisture. There have been some fields that have had fungicide applied with a ground rig, with tire tracks visible. Insect pressure has been minimal overall.
There hasn’t been any widespread wind damage from recent storms, but one sample did have greensnap. I’m surprised to see the crop standing as good as it is with all the storms.
There have been some soybeans that have been affected by hail, minimal disease pressure in soybeans.
Overall, the flood and moisture damage doesn’t give me a great feeling about the crop going forward. The sun desperately needs to shine to let the crop fully mature into harvest, which is still 45 to 60 days out.