Counties of: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux
Northwest Iowa continues to have active weather with widespread rainfall and some damaging storms. We have more than enough soil moisture to finish out this years crop. Additional rain could lead to harvest delays.Weather conditions this summer have been favorable to crops overall, but they have also created some problems. The corn is not yet mature, but some fields or parts of fields are beginning to turn colors for a variety of reasons. The lower leaves could be turning yellow or brown because they are short of nitrogen or other nutrients;there are a handful of blights, rusts, and fungi causing problems on corn leaves and stalks. Soybeans are also having problems with diseases that favor wet conditions. The one getting the most attention is Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS).
Soybean harvest will likely start during the last week of September or the first week of October. Yields will be variable but should be better than average overall.
Corn harvest will start in October. We expect the corn crop will be large and wet, so drying corn could be a big expense this fall. Lack of storage space could be an issue. Warm dry weather during the balance of September and beginning of October would help speed up the maturing and drying process.The grain markets continue to move mostly sideways to lower.
Please click on the links on the right to view the past pdf’s of our Northwest Crop Conditions reports.
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