West Alton

Friday was in West Alton Mo.  I sampled mostly corn ground that was out of the ground.  It was planted and is looking good except for some minor cutting by cutworms.  I guess it is easy to chew through the small 2 leaf stalks.  It looks like corn planting is wrapping up in that area and soybeans are started.  Until this morning it seemed showers seem to evaporate before they get to us.  We can use the dry weather now, but I hope that i not a sign of what the summer will be like.

Early corn looks very good today.  It is 6 inches tall or more and the stalks look very sturdy.  Yes the stands are not perfect, but they are more than adequate.  The good news is that the warm weather is speeding up the germination and growth of later planted corn as well.