Southwest Iowa Crop Conditions

Southwest Iowa Crop Conditions

Southwest of Storm Lake

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

Past Weeks Rainfall: None
Soil Moisture: Adequate
Temperature: 4 degrees below normal
Crop Progress: 7 to 10 days behind

Corn

Crop Stage: Harvest
Yield Potential: Average

Soybean

Crop Stage: Harvest
Yield Potential: Average

Corn Market

Current Prices: $3.11/bu /bu
Fall Prices: $3.53/bu. Oct 2015 /bu
Past Weeks Trend: Slightly Higher

Soybean Market

Current Prices: $9.09/bu/bu
Fall Prices: $9.01/bu Oct 2015/bu
Past Weeks Trend: Slightly Higher

Comments:

Dennis Reyman AFM, ARA

Bean harvest is still wrapping up with an estimated 15-20% left to harvest. Bean moisture has stayed high with
some fields staying over 13%. Harvest moisture has mostly ranged from 11-13%. Most well-drained fields have
yielded in the 50’s and low 60’s. Fields lacking adequate drainage have yielded as low as into the teens, or less if
there was considerable drown-out. It has been common to even see good fields have areas with foot-tall beans
due to excessive moisture.

Corn harvest is probably 25-33% complete across this area. Six to seven/tenths rain fell across the area last
Wednesday night, followed by fog. It took several days for fields to dry enough to resume harvest. Corn moisture
ranges from about 16% to the mid-20’s. This is due to several factors including hybrid maturity, planting date,
drainage, and whether or not fungicide was applied. Be sure to check on storage availability if you’re delivering lots
of unpriced bushels to town.

Grain prices rallied nicely last week due to slow farmer selling and slow harvest pace. Crop revenue insurance with
harvest price option is determined on the October average of the November bean contract and December corn
contract, so rising prices during October help with grain sold at harvest but reduce the crop insurance coverage
amount.

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