Corn Condition Today

I took a little tour of northern Macoupin and Montgomery just to see if anything odd was showing up in customer's fields.  As everywhere some corn looks good and som not so good.  One customer who finished planting corn on April 1 had the best looking corn by far.

The corn below is a field planted on March 13 that I have been checking on all year.  I was messing around with home made near infrared filter. The variation in the corn below is mainly due to the fact that high sodium soils respond poorly to drought.  High sodium soils in our area occur in an intricate pattern with better soils and are usually mapped in a complex because it is not possible to separate better soils from poor soils on the map.  Common high sodium soils in our area area Fosterburg, Piasa, Darmstadt, Tamalco, and Huey.   The corn below is starting to dent.  It had some good ears and some nubbins, but overall should be OK if not great.  I expect it to be harvested in Mid-August.

Infrared Sodium