Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of September 8, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.
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| Field Work/Crop Progress | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide | Last week | Last year | 5-year average | |
| Corn in/past milk stage | 97% | 94% | 100% | 99% |
| Corn in/past dough stage | 86% | 73% | 100% | 93% |
| Corn in/past dent stage | 54% | 33% | 96% | 78% |
| Corn mature (safe from frost) | 5% | 2% | 69% | 29% |
| Soybeans setting pods | 96% | 93% | 100% | 99% |
| Soybean leaves turning color | 12% | 4% | 73% | 47% |
For the fourth straight week crop quality ratings on corn and soybeans fell. Crops already contending with a lack of rainfall. Fortunately some small percentage of the crop is now safe from frost. From the Iowa report:
Some rain fell in the western part of the state, but most areas continued to be dry. Hot temperatures pushed crops to mature, but crop conditions are showing stress from the heat and lack of precipitation.
| Quality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent | |
| Corn | 9% | 19% | 37% | 31% | 4% |
| Soybeans | 10% | 20% | 37% | 30% | 3% |
| Pasture & Range | 30% | 32% | 29% | 8% | 1% |
| Moisture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Topsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 52% | 44% | 48% |
| Short | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| Adequate | 15% | 22% | 16% |
| Surplus | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Subsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 41% | 35% | 63% |
| Short | 40% | 39% | 30% |
| Adequate | 19% | 26% | 7% |
| Surplus | 0% | 0% | 0% |
