(Undated)– Corn condition in Iowa held steady at 61-percent good to excellent, according to the latest crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn silking is at 22-percent statewide, six days ahead of last year, and two days ahead of the average. 27-percent of northwest Iowa corn is silking.
52-percent of Iowa soybeans are good to excellent, down slightly from last week. 46-percent of Iowa soybeans are blooming, which is five days ahead of last year, and three days ahead of the average. Seven-percent of soybeans statewide are setting pods, and that’s four days ahead of last year, and one day ahead of the average. In northwest Iowa, 44-percent of soybeans are blooming, and nine-percent are setting pods.
51-percent of northwest Iowa topsoil, and 57-percent of subsoil in northwest Iowa, is either short or very short of moisture. There were over five days suitable for fieldwork last week in northwest Iowa and statewide.
(Courtesy Community First Broadcasting station KAYL in Storm Lake).
