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Alex Noll
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Early corn at the Noll farm in Kansas is just about to finish up, but it could use a few more timely rains, says Alex Noll.
“Most of our early corn is R5.5-R5.75—we are about to finish this corn crop,” he reports from his farm in Jefferson County, Kan. “We are praying for a few more timely rains.”
It’s been a busy week for Noll. The family finished running insecticide and fungicide on their soybeans and made a second pass on some of their corn. In between tours and trips to see about seed and equipment opportunities they might want to consider for 2025.
“We toured a seed facility in Iowa this week to look at genetics and opportunities for 2025,” Noll says. “We saw a lot of the latest technology the industry has to offer.
“We have a new Hagie at the farm from the factory in Clarion, Iowa, that we are running for them to try out some new features,” he says. “The factory team had planned to come on Thursday, but we got a much-needed rain so they held off. I went to Topeka to wrap up chemical billing and will have a roundtable with AgriMaxx this afternoon to ensure we are selecting the right soft wheat hybrid for this fall.”
Missouri
In Missouri, farmer Brandon Holcomb, Bethany, Mo., says they got “a million-dollar rain Wednesday night (July 31.)”
“We got 1.5 inches and the crops and pastures definitely needed it,” he says. “The temperatures and humidity this past week have been nearly unbearable, combined with the wind, this past week has been hard on crops.
“We had three-tenths in a small area last night but nothing in most areas. We aren’t super bad here but we are definitely drier than we would like to be. We are seeing corn turn prematurely because we are in such a dry pocket here in Bethany.”
Holcomb did add that sudden death syndrome is starting to show in his neck of the woods.
“Sudden death is starting to show up no matter what treatment the bean seed had,” he reports. “A few are starting to chop corn silage since the dry weather is causing stalks to fire. I’ve got a couple of customers that plan to start shelling early corn in two weeks.”
Crop conditions
The USDA-NASS crop conditions report (as of Aug. 5)
Kansas
Corn: 31% fair, 36% good and 11% excellent. About 92% of the crop is at silking, and 70% of the crop is at the dough stage.
Soybeans: 28% fair, 48% good and 11% excellent. About 77% of the crop is blooming, a little behind the 88% figure from last year.
Sorghum: 38% fair, 39% good and 6% excellent. About 58% of the crop is headed, compared to 41% this time last year, but just 10% is at the coloring stage.
Cotton: 30% fair, 40% good and 17% excellent. About 96% of the crop is at the squaring stage, compared to 91% last year, with 72% of the crop starting to set bolls.
Missouri
Corn: 14% fair, 57% good, 20% excellent. About 96% of the crop is at silking, with 76% of the crop at dough stage.
Soybeans: 18% fair, 61% good, 13% excellent. About 78% of the crop is at the blooming stage, with 52% of the crop starting to set pods.
Cotton: 28% fair and 61% good. About 93% of the crop is at squaring stage, with 56% of the crop setting bolls.
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