Although we are looking at mild high temperatures in the 70s for the next few days, highs in the low 90s are set to return for Labor Day Weekend. While that will not be nearly as bad as last week’s upper 90s for several days in a row, it’s still putting more pressure on the corn and soybeans waiting to be harvested. Tom Fricke of the Vermilion County Farm Bureau says, as to what happened last week, no one can possibly know the effect it had prior to when the yield numbers start coming in.
AUDIO: It certainly stressed the corn and the beans to go through that intense heat. And so we’ll see what impact that might have had. It could have reduced some of the fill opportunities to put on test weight and that kind of thing. There’s nothing you can say right now for sure, one way or another.
Fricke says at some point, before or after this next round of heat, some rain relief will be needed.
AUDIO: Until you get to harvest, anything that happens weather wise that can impact the plants can have an impact on the yield. So we just have to hope that we get through it for the best. One thing that is going to impact it is with 90 degree temperatures last week, 90 degree temperatures coming up this weekend, we definitely are going to need some rainfall to replenish the soil moisture.
Except for some possible thunderstorms Tuesday, there’s very little chance of rain in the forecast prior to the return of temps in the 90s.
Meanwhile, the Farm Progress Show gets going Tuesday (29th) in Decatur, and runs through Thursday (31st).
