6/2/04:  Soybeans VC.  No insects reported.  Some wooly cupgrass starting on east end rows.  Will not spray glysophate yet.  2-3 acres drowned out.

6/9/04:  Soybeans V1.  No insects found.  Don't recommend spraying weeds yet.

6/16/04:  Soybeans V2.  This field has had approximately 13 inches of rain in the last 3-4 weeks.  Soil wet - under a lot of moisture stress.  Too wet to scout properly this week.

6/23/04:  Soybeans V4.  No insects found.  Bacterial leaf blight on some of the lower leaves.  Iron Chlorosis over 10% of the field.  Some drowned out areas to be replanted.  To be sprayed 6-24-04.

6/30/04.  Soybeans V5.  No insects found. V5 - flowering.  Some iron chlorosis.  Taking tissue sample in iron chlorosis affected area.  Beans look good with the exception of the drowned out areas.  I expect it to grow out of the iron chlorosis.

7/7/04.  Soybeans R2.   Field looking better.  Less iron chlorosis found.  No insects found.  Some brown spot and bacterial blight.

7/19/04.  Soybeans R1.  No insects found.  Growing out of iron chlorosis.  Waterhemp and grass ready for 2nd spraying.  Some bacterial blight found on upper leaves.

7/30/04.  Soybeans R3.  No insects found.  Iron chlorosis is lessening.  Weed control is working.

8/5/04.  Soybeans R3.  Some grasshoppers found on the edges of field.  Still some iron chlorosis on north 1/2 of field.

8/11/04.  Soybeans R4.  No soybean aphids or bean leaf beetles found.  Some volunteer corn.  Still some iron chlorosis.

8/19/04.  Soybeans R5.  Soybean aphid=2/plant.  Some plants with a few aphids per plant, but not all plants.

8/25/04.  Soybeans R5.  Soybean aphids=1/plant.  Beans looking better, but need 3 weeks of sun.