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Bluebag Media
Crop damage is
a reality; the unknown is how much
DARKE COUNTY – “Has there been damage? Absolutely. Not a doubt. There
is potentially a lot of damage if this weather continues… how much? Too
soon to tell.”
Jon Everman, Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency, USDA,
Greenville, said the prime crops – corn, soybeans, wheat and hay – have
been impacted due to the unusually wet spring, plus this year the
additional impact of unusually cold weather.
“Corn is probably doing better,” he said, “unless it’s in standing
water. Soybeans are sitting in saturated soil. Soybeans don’t like
saturated soils… they develop a disease called phytophoria, better
known as root rot.” He added there was also what they call “Sudden
Death Syndrome.” It doesn’t show up until later… the plants just turn
brown and die.
Everman noted wheat is a huge concern. “It’s ready for harvest,” he
said. “If it isn’t harvested it can sprout and keep growing (within
itself)… the quality drops...
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