By Benjamin Phillips and Benjamin Werling et.al
Weather
The past week and a half has been unusually dry with low humidity. Degree day totals range from a few days behind in the far north to up to a week ahead in the south.
The forecast for the upcoming week:
- Sunny, dry and warm statewide Wednesday, June 3. Scattered afternoon and evening showers possible west upper Michigan Thursday, slowly spreading south and east into lower Michigan by Friday and Saturday. Fair, warm and dry again Sunday through early next week.
- Precipitation totaling 0.5-1 inch through next Wednesday, June 10.
- High temperatures generally in the low to mid-80s Wednesday through Friday, cooling slightly to the upper 70s north to low 80s south this weekend.
- Low temperatures in the 50s Thursday and the 50s north to low 60s south Friday and Saturday before cooling slightly to the 50s to near 60 by early next week.
- Medium range outlooks consistent in calling for warmer than normal weather for the next one to two weeks with normal to below normal precipitation totals.
Be mindful and aware of field crop herbicides, both as a user and a neighbor to users. Post-emergence products are going on corn across the state soon.
Neighboring vegetable news
We all know that knowledge is power when it comes to agriculture and knowledge can be found far and wide. For those curious readers who would like to supplement their perusal of the Michigan vegetable crop report with reports from neighboring states (or provinces), the following is a short list of other regular vegetable reports from the Midwest and Great Lakes region.
Source : msu.edu