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The very long wet June has caused many issues as we approached mid July.
Last week, symptoms of sudden death syndrome (SDS) began to appear in April 15-planted soybeans at the University of Illinois’ Northwestern Research Center in Warren County
As I type this, it has just finished raining again. As I look at my weather station statistics here in my office I see that year-to-date we have had 32 inches of rain so far..+300
With the 60 – 70 day high rainfall totals came delays in getting back into the field to spray soybeans in many areas in the region.
This was a year to see yellow soybeans in Illinois. There are a number of possible causes of this “symptom.”
‘Tis the season for soybean defoliation. With frequent rain comes lush vegetation, and with lush vegetation comes defoliators.

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