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Yields will vary a lot at harvest

Part of East Central Illinois farmer Phil Kiefer’s farm received 18 inches of rain in June.  He says the corn in that area looks pretty poor.  “We’ve had some areas of small corn and some yellowing,” he says.  “And then we had some dryness after that.  Where we farm at the home place might be off and could trigger some claim situations.”

But, Kiefer says, it all doesn’t look bad.  “As we go further south – south of Bloomington in that area – things look pretty decent,” he says.  “But we’ve not gotten those finishing rains – so we’ve not had the perfect year.  There’s going to be some decent yields – but there’s also going to be some poor ones.”

He tells Brownfield they should start corn harvest within the next couple of weeks.