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Agronomist warns of lodging risk for unharvested Minnesota corn

There are stalk integrity concerns for corn yet to be harvested in Minnesota.

Stine Seed agronomist Susan Hart says farmers dealt with disease pressure throughout the growing season.

“Seeing some anthracnose really come in on that crown rot and stem on the anthracnose side, (the corn) is just kind of giving up. And especially with some of these wind events that we’re having, I’m a little nervous about that (because) some of these hybrids just aren’t designed to stand that long out in the field.”

She tells Brownfield some corn might have issues higher on the plant.

“There’s some that I think are going to be doing great, we just might have some intactness questions above that ear, which makes it a little tougher to combine. But at least we’ll be able to get it into the head.”

Hart says there was a lot of moisture this summer that resulted in nitrogen loss and potentially weaker stalks.