From northern Illinois agronomist, Jim Doolittle: "60mph winds will apparently flatten Croplan 5338 corn. Sucks to be the guy that sold it to the unhappy farmer. :("
But, how much lodging overall with these kinds of winds, one has to wonder?
It was about 50% stalk lodged. Pioneer next to it was not bad at all. (35F44). Crows next to that was maybe 10% or 20%. Definitely a big difference between hybrids. Stalks this year right now are pretty brittle, I'm really glad the majority of the corn is off around here.
Nearly all corn in my area has been harvested. There are just a few fields of corn standing that the larger farmers havent gotten to yet. Im actually really surprised at how well some of this corn is holding up with the high winds. I think most of the corn left standing in my area is Pioneer and Dekalb hybrids. Its probably a good thing it was soo dry and harvest conditions were very good else we might have had a disaster.
The corn I'm in now is standing very well. Wyffels 5640 RR. Wyffels 6526 VT3 didn't stand quite as well in another field, but was OK. I'm about 1/3 done.
I can't say I'm in love with or dislike Wyffels. Partly, it's a recommendation of my seed dealer. It's cheaper than Pioneer. This year, my yields are down on all numbers.
In my area this year if you still have corn out you ought to expect it to have problems. Things dried down so quickly and so early, and then to have winds like that hitting it ... the surprise should be anything is still standing.
