Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of July 7, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.
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| Iowa Planted Acreage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide | Last week | Last year | 5-year average | |
| Soybeans Emerged | 85% | 89% | 100% | 98% |
The past week was the warmest and driest period yet this year across much of Iowa. From the Iowa report:
The weather allowed field crops to develop, although some areas reported crops were beginning to need moisture. Statewide there was an average of 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork during the week, the most of any week this year. Northeast Iowa had only 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork and was the only district with less than six days suitable. Farmers were finishing side dressing fields.
| Quality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent | |
| Corn | 3% | 9% | 30% | 44% | 14% |
| Soybeans | 3% | 8% | 33% | 44% | 12% |
| Pasture & Range | 1% | 6% | 25% | 48% | 20% |
| Hay, all | 1% | 4% | 26% | 53% | 16% |
| Oats | 0% | 5% | 32% | 52% | 13% |
| Moisture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Topsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 1% | 0% | 45% |
| Short | 11% | 1% | 41% |
| Adequate | 76% | 66% | 14% |
| Surplus | 12% | 33% | 0% |
| Subsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| Short | 4% | 2% | 45% |
| Adequate | 80% | 67% | 19% |
| Surplus | 16% | 31% | 0% |
