From the Fields: Keeping us on our toes

Shortly after I finished cutting the last of my fourth-cutting alfalfa, we received a steady rain for about an hour. I guess I was long overdue for a heavy rain, but luckily the temperatures remained cool and it hadn’t received much wilt, if any, before the rain. Thankfully, it still smells good in the following days after the rain.

Corn is starting to fire up from the bottom of the stalk, kernels on the ears are starting to dent, pollination issues are minimal from what I’ve seen and most of the fields I have scouted are filled to the tip. I also noticed southern rust has finally made its way into northern part of Indiana. That is just one more thing to keep us on our toes in 2026.

We put the drone up to see what things look like across the rest of the farm after observing some white mold on a small field of soybeans that were planted a bit too thick in the muck. Rainfall prior to Labor Day has really helped fill out the pods on the soybeans.