 If you're looking at maybe silage in some fields, take a look at them now, get an appraisal on those things, and that way that can really help you out later on in the season and make a good decision on whether you're going to take that for silage or grain if you have that opportunity. Owen says weed pressure has been heavier this year with all the rain, but farmers who use overlapping residuals have been able to keep ahead of the weeds. The big beef cattle short course will be back in College Station in August.