The Texas corn crop should fare well, even with some yellowing from an abundance of rain, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) agronomist in AgriLife Today.
“But it’s difficult to make broad generalizations about the crop because earlier wet weather delayed planting and fields are in various stages of maturity,” said Dr. Ronnie Schnell, AgriLife Extension state cropping systems specialist.
Farmers will likely lose younger plants that are submerged, but mature corn can endure overly wet soils. The more mature plants are likely to have good yields if fields dry out.
The yellowing is caused by the wet root system not being able to take up nitrogen well, Schnell said, which gives the plant the appearance of having nitrogen deficiency.