date:Aug 22, 2012
. Make sure you don't wait too long to scout, and if that scouting does ultimately reveal stalk rot, consider rearranging your harvest plans.
Begin scouting just before physiological maturity, when grain moisture is between 30% and 40%. Scout each field either by pinching or pushing plants. Walk each field in a zig-zag pattern, checking 20 random plants from 5 spots in the field, according to a university report. Lodging potential is significant if 10% to 15% of the plants fail. Harvest the fiel