While corn planting in Illinois was gaining momentum last week, Tim Laatsch of the Agronomy Division at GROWMARK was talking about the field conditions around the state and how the warmer, drier winter combined with wet conditions this spring is causing winter annuals to thrive in some areas, providing a good habitat for cutworms.
In this interview, Laatsch also talks about some of the other weed and disease pressures they are seeing around Illinois: Interview with Tim Laatsch, GROWMARK