Hardbody, the soil moisture maps you shared are historic you know, always behind.
C-IN needed the rain we were supposed to get last Thursday, the 70% chance of an inch, that no one got any of... Those precip prediction maps, and the 6/10, have both been gravely in error the last 2 weeks, not that anyone cares.
Yield losses are permanent in both beans and corn now. And, the forecast is not something that will be helpful, no rain and 3 days in the low 90's this week, perfect cook it till done, weather. Corn on the knobs is what I call "flash firing". All of us in the east with the clay know it, the whole plant just wilts, ear fill stops, kind of like a flash fire, it was stressed a couple of days, and then done. Of course this isn't that many acres, and it happens often so it is in the average, but it certainly takes away any thoughts of great corn yields. As I mentioned, this might the best "looking" average IN corn in history.
Everyone can live on average corn so not that big a deal.
Beans are the problem. They require moisture in August. They have none so far. Normally, we lose 2.5% of yield per day in august when moisture stress is present. Obviously, average is going to be tough to get at this rate.
I have mentioned in the past the ole saying, "if it is raining in Kansas, IN/MI/OH are in deep trouble.
