Southwest Iowa Crop Conditions

Southwest Iowa Crop Conditions

Southwest of Storm Lake

Counties of: Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Monona, Crawford, Harrison, Shelby

Past Weeks Rainfall: Most of this area received less than 1″ last week.
Soil Moisture: Plenty in topsoil and subsoil.
Temperature: Hot in mid-July, many days in 90’s with high humidity. This week’s forecast is for cooler temps.
Crop Progress: Some catch-up with the hot weather. Now most fields are considered 7-14 days behind normal.

Corn

Crop Stage: 7-8′ tall
Yield Potential: Trend-line or better

Soybean

Crop Stage: 18-30″, many hitting R3
Yield Potential: Trend-line

Corn Market

Current Prices: $4.17 /bu
Fall Prices: $3.97 /bu
Past Weeks Trend: Rallied in the first part of July, down trend this past week.

Soybean Market

Current Prices: $8.13/bu
Fall Prices: $8.16/bu
Past Weeks Trend: Following corn

Comments:

Dennis Reyman AFM, ARA

Most corn fields in this area have tassels out and are in the pollination process. A few fields are nearing the end and silks are drying. Still a lot of variability and that could be seen with veryuneven tassel emergence across some fields. Beans have grown enough to close the rows innarrow-row fields. 30” wide rows are mostly still open, although some are now closed up. Beansare flowering and beginning to set pods. This is the R3 stage where application of fungicide isappropriate. A relativelynew pest, the thistle caterpillar, has arrived and is defoliating manybean fields. They are fast workers at consuming leaves, so one must keep a vigilant eye out for this aggressive pest.

Corn price made a head-and-shoulders top, finishing that move and beginning a down movelast Monday. It is very seasonal that prices would start dropping in mid-July. Given the situationwith acres and crop conditions across the Corn Belt, we are surely in for more volatility.September frost would be very damaging to many acres, even those considered excellent today.

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