UGLY!!

 A lot of farmers and elevators are talking about al of the damage that they are seeing in the fields this year. One of the major diseases in our area is Diplodia ear rot.  A lot of people say this is common in minimum till operations, but it is being found in all tillage practices this year. There has not been any type of pattern that would let us find the cause. It appears that conditions that favor this disease are brought on by periods of wet weather within the first 21 days after silking. The elevators begin docking for anything above 5%. So far this year we have had loads as high as 60% with most fields averaging 5%-15%.