Anticipated corn yield reduction in Mercer County, Illinois
8/13/2019 5:29:17 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
AFFECTED AREAS:
Mercer County, IL
Start Date: 8/9/2019
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The corn crop in Mercer County has been hurt by drought with an anticipated yield reduction of 10 to 20 percent, according to a local farmer. He examined an ear, noting that the lower half of the ear was beginning to turn yellow, while it remained unclear whether the upper half of the ear would make corn. Some corn has fired all the way to the ear.
Soybeans were in need of moisture also.
WQAD-TV 8 (Davenport/Rock Island/Moline) (Iowa), Aug. 9, 2019
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