Northwest Iowa Crop Conditions

Last week was unseasonable warm which helped push the crops toward maturity. Harvest started on some of the early soybeans. This week has been wet and cooler with many areas getting over an inch of rain, which is welcome after the dry season we’ve had. Harvest activity will pick up as soon as we get a few nice days.

Harvest stated last week for some early maturity soybeans, but most are not ready yet. We’ve heard a few yield reports from the area which are generally better than expected so far. We will have to patient to see how the mid to late season soybeans will yield; it looks like they are still two weeks away.

Most corn has reached full maturity but needs to dry down before harvest. Weather over the next month will determine the dry down rate. Warm temps, sunlight, low humidity, and wind will all help speed up corn dry down.Corn is generally standing good so far, but this time of year we worry about stock rot that causes corn to go down during high winds.