Counties of: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux
Corn planting is behind schedule in Iowa due to cold and wet conditions. Some areas planted few acres over Easter weekend, and more corn was planted April 22 to 24th. Overall, we have around 5% of corn planted in this area to date. On average we should be around 20% planted. This week light rain and very cold temperatures have stopped progress. Cold weather (especially cold rain) following planting can cause emergence problems, so we’ll have to keep a close eye on the earlier planted corn.
Corn will not normally suffer yield loss from late planting until after mid-May so we have plenty of time. Last season some of the best yielding corn was planted in late-May. Today’s large GPS guided equipment can get the crop planted quickly. Many farm operations need a week or less to plant all their corn. For now, the best advice is to be patient and wait for better conditions to plant.
So far the grain markets aren’t paying much attention to our slow start to planting. Other states like Illinois,Indiana, and Nebraska are ahead of schedule so far. Corn and bean prices have been under pressure all spring.South America’s large crop is being harvested now, and we have a huge supply of grain in the U.S. also.
Please click on the links on the right to view the past pdf’s of our Northwest Crop Conditions reports.
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