How’s your crop coming up?

With seeding nearly completed and over 50 per cent of crops popping out of the soil, it is time to check emergence. Assessing crop stands 21 days after seeding for emergence percentage is vital. It helps set an expectation of your crop plant stand, which is a key component in estimating yield. On top of that, emergence count is required to determine emergence mortality, the gap between the number of viable seeds planted and the number of seeds that emerge and contribute to the plant stand. For the future years, emergence mortality is useful in calculating seeding rates, as shown in our new seeding rate calculator.

Check out this article to find out how to accurately assess emergence percentage.

While checking crop emergence, producers should also be scouting for wireworm feeding and cutworm damage too. Find tips to uncover these underground pests at:

• Post-emergence wireworm scouting

• Timely cutworm scouting and spraying decisions