Cool, wet weather brings some concerns for emerging crops

An agronomy manager with Wyffels Hybrids says the cool, wet streak of weather could pose some challenges. Ryan Gentle, who covers the western half of Illinois, tells Brownfield, “This cooler weather, if you’ve got seed in the ground, that’s prime for seedling blights sometimes.”  He says, “When you have cool and wet, especially, we don’t […]

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