Lack of rain in Illinois causing colorful corn fields

An Illinois-based agronomist says she’s seeing several different colors while scouting corn fields this spring.

Stephanie Porter tells Brownfield low humidity and cooler nighttime temperatures have caused some plants to look silver.

“We’re kind of getting this release of heat off of the ground and basically it does a type of burn on the leaf in some areas and makes it look silver, it almost looks like a cold injury.”

She says silver leaf symptoms are rare in Illinois because humidity levesl are usually high this time of year.

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