Planting in the Keota area is starting to wind down. Most producers are done with their corn and are planting soybeans fast. A few are waiting for some rain, before going back to planting soybeans. These are the producers that fight SDS and aren"t worried about delaying soybean planting.
Talking about rain, it fell heavily west of us today. A customer around Creston told me he had 4" in a little over 30 minutes. Another customer in the same area received 2". The soil erosion was terrible as you would gues it to be. They will be out of the fields for a while. Here in Keota, we received a whole .05" this afternoon. It looked promising on the radar, but as soon as it hit the county line, it dried up.
The corn is really making progress. I have talked about the corn planted on April 6 near Eldon. Well it is up and going gangbusters. It emerged even and spacing is about perfect. I was worried about the corn planted April 12 and 13, but the photo included here tonight was taken Tuesday, May 10. You can see it didn't miss a beat either. The corn planted May 2 is spiking through and even corn planted May 5 is near the surface. The heat has really helped us out. We just need to get some rain at critical times and miss the really hot summer nights this summer.
I try to keep an eye on the ISU black cutworm updates and as of now, we don't have a problem. I will keep everyone posted on this pest.
I had a producer plant forty acres of the new RIB1009SS. It is the new Refuge In the Bag product from Lewis Hybrids. Throw it in the planter, and you are ready to go and don't have to worry about the refuge, because it is in the bag. I will be talking with this producer all summer and giving you updates on what he thinks of the new product.
Have a safe reainder of the spring. I will be talking to each of you this summer.
Perri
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