Winchester

Illinois River Bottoms at Winchester are very wet. We were able to get our work done, but had to dodge a few puddles. Corn is very uneven. Some was patched in recently. Some beans planted, others not planted.

The most interesting thing I saw was tonight, west of Gillespie, someone was cultivating corn. Not a bad idea this year. A little aeration is good. He had lots of weeds too. There was some research in the 60's that showed a 10% yield advantage to cultivating. I suspect that if you have RTK guidance and a good cultivator, it would not be nearly as strenuous as it used to be. The guy I saw did not have any guidance.