Counties of: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux
Heavy rain last week (10 inches in some areas) left saturated soils and flooding along the same rivers,streams, and low lying areas that were flooded earlier this spring and summer. The crop damage from this latest flooding was somewhat limited because in most of these areas the yield damage was already done.Some areas also had damage from hail and wind.
Harvest has slowly started in NW Iowa. Recent small rains are slowing thangs down, and field conditions are still very wet from last week’s heavy rainfall. About 1/3 of the soybeans in this area will be ready to harvest as soon as we get a few nice days in a row. Some farmers have managed to harvest some soybeans (especially farther south). Yield reports are variable, but generally good on farms with decent drainage.
Some farmers that don’t have soybeans fit to harvest have started on corn instead. The corn is fully mature and fairly dry for this time of year. Most corn is somewhere between 17% and 24% depending on planting date and maturity. We typically don’t have corn at this stage until mid-October. There probably won’t be a lot of corn harvested until the beans are done, which by then it should be fairly dry. That is good news to save on drying, but we worry about harvest loss in this situation. Our wet and warm season created a high risk environment for stalk quality problems.
Please click on the links on the right to view the past pdf’s of our Northwest Crop Conditions reports.
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