Parrish and Heimbecker's Jeff Jacques says Monday's wind storm has caused some serious lodging problems in some Midwestern Ontario corn fields.
He estimates 25 per cent of those fields now have serious lodging problems while another 25 per cent are leaning.
Jacques is urging farmers to prioritize those fields and get the corn off as quickly as possibly, regardless of the moisture content.
He warns that even leaning corn could get beaten into the ground under a heavy snowfall to the point where the combine headers won't be able to pick the plants up.
On the positive side, Jacques suggests this is a good time to evaluate hybrids.
He says they're seeing some significant differences between hybrids when it comes to standability, yields and moisture content this year.
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Jeff Jacques says he's seeing some major lodging in some corn fields after Monday's windstorm.
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Jacques says he's seeing about 25 per cent of the fields showing some leaning and another 25 per cent with serious lodging problems.
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Jacques says the possibly good news in that is that it creates an excellent opportunity for growers to evaluate hybrids.
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