{"id":210481,"date":"2025-10-09T01:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/210481\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:22:09","slug":"illinois-agronomist-weather-and-genetics-driving-wide-harvest-variability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/210481\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Agronomist: Weather and genetics driving wide harvest variability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Illinois Agronomist: Weather and genetics driving wide harvest variability <\/p>\n

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The outreach agronomist with the Illinois Soybean Association says farmers are seeing a wide range of variability in this year\u2019s harvest results.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Porter tells Brownfield, \u201cI think that a lot of that is attributed to weather, but also genetics as well.\u201d\u00a0 She says, \u201cIn corn, I\u2019ve been hearing some pretty good yields, but I\u2019m also hearing if you didn\u2019t use a fungicide, your yields might be off a little.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says disease pressure has been a limiting factor in much of the state\u2019s corn crop.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot more noise on southern rust, but further north, they had more issues with tar spot.\u201d\u00a0 She says, \u201cI would really start to worry about stock stability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter says the late-season drought made soybean variety selection key.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, we planted it all early, and we are seeing differences in maturity.\u201d\u00a0 She says, \u201cSo I do feel like some of those earlier maturities are going to yield higher this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter says the dry fall has allowed harvest to progress rapidly, and with forecasts calling for more of the same, she expects many farmers could be nearly complete by the end of the month.<\/p>\n

AUDIO: Stephanie Porter \u2013 Illinois Soybean Association<\/p>\n

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