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Dry spell causes stress on crops

A southwestern Indiana farmer says a recent dry spell is causing stress on corn and soybeans.

Ben Kron says his fields haven’t received a significant amount of rainfall in over a month.

“We’re getting a lot of very, very large cracks in the ground,” he says. “I had a field the other day that I stuck a tape measure in and it was almost 22 inches deep and three to four inches wide. So we’re really hoping this hurricane will blow some rain up to us.”

Kron says disease pressure is better than last year despite the wet start and dry finish, but there are still issues.

“We’re starting to see some rust and brown leaf spot in soybeans and that will hurt us a little bit, but it will be interesting to see how much we see in the field,” he says.

He tells Brownfield harvest should begin soon.

Audio: Ben Kron, Southwestern Indiana farmer 

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