Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Milder August aids grain-fill in Nebraska

Some of the best crops on last week’s ProFarmer Midwest crop tour were found in Nebraska.
Mark Jagels, who farms near Davenport in south-central Nebraska, says he’s expecting “a good, average corn crop”. He says the mid-summer heat wave took its toll, but better conditions of late could help with grain fill.
“The warm nights there in the middle part of July and first part of August, I think, really hurt us. We had a lot of nights where we didn’t get under 75-78 degrees and that

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