With all that rain, the soil is now fully wet. The corn is particularly sensitive to water stress during silking and pollination. There will not be a problem this year!
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Hi Richard. At the other end of the scale, heavy or prolonged rain around silking may adversely affect pollenation, according to our local agronomic literature. Can't provide the original science promoting that tho - haven't looked too hard mind... Intuitively both physical (pollen location and germination on silks) and disease effects. We'll see what happens with your crop :-) Craig
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