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Volunteer Corn by Greg Fritz on 06/27/2007 We have been noticing a lot of dry beans and IP soybeans with Volunteer Cor… Corn Scouting by Tony Decorte on 06/20/2007 Please click on the above link to open the report. Requires Adobe Acrobat R… Crop Update by Jim Barclay on 06/15/2007 We had Aphids in 2001, 2003 and 2005.  Since it is 2007 we began scout… From the Field by Jim Barclay on 05/18/2007 Corn 95%+ of the crop has been planted.  A good portion of the crop t… From the Field by Jim Barclay on 04/26/2007 From the Field  By Jim Barclay April 26, 2007 Corn Approximately 20…

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While rainfall varied from location to location as seen on the graph, variation was also found within locations where the rainfall was measured. As one grower who lives within 5 km of the Exeter location stated "that sure as heck wasn't measured at my farm". Living on the concessions not in the path of the rain clouds was not a good thing in 2007 since the showers were so sporadic this summer. Not only the amount but also the timing of the rainfall had a huge impact on crop development. Fields that did not receive rainfall during pollination and/or seed development suffered yield losses as a result. Reports of growers seeing huge variations in yields are common.

In reading the graph note that it is set up as a "stacked" bar graph with each month's data stacked on the previous month for a location. The lines that cross the bar indicate the "normal" expected for the location as of the month end. Accumulation measured and normals expected are colour co-ordinated on the legend at the bottom of the graph.