After a slow start corn was finally in the ground by the first weekend in June. I would say that here in WVA that 95% plus of all corn was planted. I will list a few photos of local corn and also additional photos of corn in Iowa. All photos were shot on July 4th.
The top four photos are from Washington County Iowa. This is one very happy corn farmer. My contact tells me that most corn in his area is chest to head high. As you can see this corn is healthy with a dark green color.
The remaining photos are all shot in Hardy Co. WVA. The first photo shows a stand of corn that is about 6 ft tall.
The next photo has is of a test plot for Pioneer Seeds. I originally thought that this field would not be planted at all. On the 6th of June the field had not even been tilled. A week later I drove by and the field had been tilled and planted. I assumed with beans, as the planting date for beans is a little later than corn. Just a few days later I noticed that corn had just emerged. As you can see now this corn is about 3 feet tall. Hmmmm, looks like it made knee high by the 4th of July.
The next photo is shot in a field that had winter rye. The rye was harvested in early June. A few days later I noticed they were no-till planting this field with what I assumed was soy beans. Wrong again. I couple of weeks later I noticed that corn had emerged and was growing in leaps and bounds. This corn is over 3 feet tall on the 4th.
The final photo shows a real nice stand of corn. This farmer has some of the best bottom land in the area. In spite of considerable spring rain, his fields always drains quickly and he was able to get his corn in early. This plot is approximately 100 acres and is now near 6 ft. tall. In the foreground is a brown field that just had winter rye harvested. This farmer is big on crop rotation, so I am assuming that he has no-till planted beans on this plot.
