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Crop Report Highlights Good To Excellent Ratings For Corn And Soybeans

Warmer weather and variable precipitation last week resulted in an average of five days suitable for field work for Iowa’s farmers. Many have made good headway in cutting and baling hay, planting and spraying of crops. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig, says he is seeing many positives in the weekly report. “After an eventful spring, most of the crop is in the ground and generally in good condition, with 81 percent of corn and 80 percent of soybeans rated good or excellent,” he says. “Farmers who have finished planting are starting to spray for weeds and do other field work. Those with hay are busy cutting and baling hay, with 50 percent of the first cutting now completed,” Naig adds. Nearly the entire corn crop for the year has been planted and 91 percent is emerged. Soybeans are 93 percent planted, 12 days ahead of the five-year average, with 72 percent emerged. The last week of May was one of the warmest on record, with temperatures 10 to 14 degrees above normal. Hawarden, Perry and Pocahontas recorded the highest temperatures of 102 degrees on May 28. The high temperatures and calm winds resulted in an air quality alert near the first of June, but near normal temperatures returned last weekend. The entire Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report, issued by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service, can be found through the links below.

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www.IowaAgriculture.gov

www.nass.usda.gov/ia

 

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