date:May 10, 2012
Farmers made massive planting progress over the last 2 weeks in some key Corn Belt states. Though it's got the overall pace way out in front of normal progress, it also may have gotten too far ahead of herbicide and nutrient applications for those products to effectively work, both on their own and together, says Iowa State University (ISU) Extension agronomist Bob Hartzler.
The rapid pace of planting in late April followed by rain has resulted in many fields having emerged corn before preemer