I don’t grow corn but I’m just guessing that this isn’t what you want to see in mid August. This is a field in north central Missouri.

We’ve been getting some spotty rain here in Missouri and the temperatures are cooling off a little finally. However, it may be too little too late for some fields like this one. Maybe there will be some yield here but as I learned from Dr. Fred Below this week, Nature is the number one factor affecting yield. There’s not much you can do about that.

I was out taking pictures today and just thought you might be interested. I also saw a lot of wind damage, especially in fields like this one. At least I assume it was wind since all the corn in spots was literally flattened and broken off. However what I saw today was nothing like the damage in corn fields I saw coming down I-29 from Omaha yesterday near Rock Port, MO. Now that was not a pretty sight since the corn there was very green and healthy looking except for the fact that it was flat.