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Standability not seen as a problem

When you have the potential for extremely high yields in corn, as is the case this year across most of the Midwest, standability can become an issue.  But University of Illinois Extension agronomist Dr. Emerson Nafziger doesn’t think standability will be a problem this fall.

nafziger-emerson-u of illinois“The conditions in the mid-summer were so good that we think the stalks can put in pretty good lignin—that’s sort of the woodiness that it takes for them to stand even if they’re no longer alive at the end of the season,” Nafziger says. “At this point, I’m fairly confident that this crop will stand until the combines run.”

So unless there’s some sort of extreme weather event in September, Nafziger thinks the Midwest corn crop should have pretty clear sailing into harvest.

“At this point in time, a lot of people are just wondering what that yield monitor is going to look like—and if they haven’t seen a ‘3’ on it before, as the first digit, they’re probably going to see it this year, in some places in their fields at least.”

Nafziger comments came in an interview with Brownfield at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa.

AUDIO: Emerson Nafziger (6:51 MP3)

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