Counties of: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux
We started out September with unseasonably cool temperatures that temporarily slowed down crop progress.Recently, we’ve had warm and dry weather which is helping push this crop toward maturity. We had good rainfall during the second half of August, but the last two weeks were mostly dry. More rainfall is welcome and needed to start rebuilding soil moisture for next season.
Most corn if dented but won’t be fully mature for another 10 to 14 days. The hard starch layer “milk line” starts at
the top of the kernel and works toward the cob. Most corn is currently about half milk line or less. Weather will
have little impact on corn yield at this point, except for dry down which is a big deal. We do not want to pay for
drying this crop, especially considering the low prices and reduced yields. I’m finding a lot of variability in yield
checks, everything from less than 100 bushels per acre to over 200 bushels per acre.
Soybeans are starting to mature. The late season rain should increase yields, but we are still finding somewhat small bean size and low pod numbers. Yields will be less than last year, but probably not far from average. It looks to me like some early maturity soybeans could be ready for harvest sometime next week, but most will start around the first week of October.
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