Counties of: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux
We have struggled to get crops planted and established due to wet and cold weather through most of April and
May. Many farmers have switched planters back and forth from corn to soybeans more than once. Small planting
windows finally added up to get most corn planted (replanted in some cases). There are wet spots around that are
still waiting to be planted to corn, but for the most part corn is in good shape considering all the problems.
Our weather shifted from cool and wet to warm and wet last week and normal temps look to continue for the next
week or so. On many farms the moist & warming soil was needed to save the corn stand establishment in
compacted/crusted soil. Other fields with poor drainage had areas drown out, some still need to be replanted.
Corn planted in June will have decreased yield potential.
Most soybeans were planted in the last two weeks, but some wet farms are still waiting to plant soybeans. This is
still not terribly late in the season to plant soybeans. The warming trend helped them emerge quickly. Once again
good drainage is important
Please click on the links on the right to view the past pdf’s of our Northwest Crop Conditions reports.
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