Feeling a little better

After further investigation, so far this incident is isolated to my refuge in one field. 25 acres total. I hope I have time to check the rest of my fields today before leaving for AK tomorrow.

Rootworm silk feeding ruined my pollination

This is isolated to my refuge (20%) corn so far, but most my other varieties have not gotten to brown silk like this one has.

I dont know what to say other than this is a bad deal. I'm in shock. Plant health in my area is a 10.....and I would roughly estimate yield loss around 20-30% minimum.

Flying on some fungicide

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Early hybrid at blister

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Pollination isn't completely over yet.

This is a pic from a 102 day corn planted around May 10th. I thought it would be done by now, but stand corrected.

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Pollinated ear of corn

A brief explanation of pollination is the bottom end of the ear sends its silks out first, followed by the rest of the ear. Once the silk receives its pollen, the silk detachs from the kernel and turn a brown in color. In this picture you can see roughly 2/3 of the ear has pollinated and looks (as of now) that it has done so uniformly (a good thing).

This is one of the first fields I had tassel, so I hope the rest go this good.

It was darn hot today with air temps at 95F and 75% humidity making it feels like close to 120F.

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Whole area is about 95% tasseled

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Most of the corn is tasseling

My slowest hybrid to tassel is my refuge, which is due to very heavy rootworm pressure.

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Heat is usually a good thing

However, we have only missed the last 2 rains and already corn is showing stress on the lighter ground.
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Beans are looking good

I would estimate height around 12-16" tall.
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End of a legacy.

The only structure left standing from when my grandpa purchased this farm in 1950 was the old barn and on silo. The barn came down today to make room for a new shop. It wasn't getting used and was in need of repair anyway.
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