Corn producers starting to think about that September forecast and what impact it will have on the 2019 crop. Agriculture Meteorologist Dan Hicks is with Freese-Notis Weather. 

The latest Illinois Crop Progress and Condition report had only 42-percent of the state’s corn crop at the dough stage compared to 89-percent last year and the five year average at 76-percent. As for the state’s soybean crop, just 49-percent has reached the setting pod stage with the five year average at 79-percent.