Weather- Most of the county dodged the bullet that landed squarely on parts of Lambert and Savage last weekend. Strong storms swept through the area Friday (7-29) night and brought hail and damaging winds with them. I have not personally seen the damage in the Lambert area but while driving through Savage on Sunday (7-31) I did notice fields of corn and sugarbeets where leaves were completely stripped off of the plants. Another round of storms has shown up today (8-5) but so far has not been damaging.
Harvest- Winter wheat harvest has begun and some of our pulse crop acres are starting to come off as well. We are still in the very early stages of both, however, so no reports as to yield yet. Today's showers have delayed both a bit, however. Spring wheat and barley should start to come off in the next couple of weeks.
Harvest- Winter wheat harvest has begun and some of our pulse crop acres are starting to come off as well. We are still in the very early stages of both, however, so no reports as to yield yet. Today's showers have delayed both a bit, however. Spring wheat and barley should start to come off in the next couple of weeks.
Pests- Grasshoppers are now out in full force but there really is not much that can be done regarding them at this point. Wetter weather tends to suppress them some and allows for grass to grow and hide some of the damaging effects of the insect. I have started a Pale Western Cutworm, Army Cutworm, and Dingy Cutworm monitoring program. My first collection will begin next week and will give us a good idea about what kind of numbers we will potentially be dealing with for next year's crop.
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