From the Fields: Corn is tasseling

In my last update, it had been relatively dry for planting season for the most part. Since that time, we have had three different storms of flash flood rains with inches of rain in just a short amount of time at some of our farms.

Luckily for us, though, despite high and standing water in some of the fields, the water receded quickly and we have only had to replant around 20 acres of soybeans. There’s a few more acres that probably could’ve benefited from replant, but it never dried out enough to get in there.

In this stage, I’m just watching the weather and praying for appropriate rain and heat balance without any severe heat and drought stress.

Much of our corn has tasseled, and the other is getting close. We usually end up doing some scouting out with the Gator or walking the fields to get a better idea of pollination consistency and completeness and keep an eye out for any kind of other disease or pressures that might be pushing in.