As it has been a wet spring locally, Warren-Henderson Farm Bureau Young Leader Committee Chair and local farmer Justin Allaman provides a summer outlook with the current adequate ground moisture:
“As you look at the drought monitor that is put out every week, there is no longer a drought story. Now if we do have a stretch where it is hot and dry you could see some concerns, as we typically do in the months of July and August. As of right now, we have adequate moisture. Now the downside of that is planting conditions. You talk about trend-line yield being 181 for corn, we have to consider at what percent of the corn crop went in at potentially less than ideal conditions. Were their compaction issues? Because of that persistent rainfall that we continued to get, there was a significant amount of replant out there and as you get later into this time of year, there would be a yield loss for corn and beans too to some extent, but also it has more to do with the soil conditions that it was planted in. That trend-line yield of 181 might be off a little bit this year, but we are in good shape with adequate moisture setup for the rest of the summer where we do have that recharged soil profile.”
