Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of June 2, 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 | |
| Corn Planted | 88% | 85% | 100% | 99% |
| Corn Emerged | 73% | 54% | 98% | 91% |
| Soybeans Planted | 44% | 40% | 99% | 91% |
| Soybeans Emerged | 23% | 8% | 81% | 65% |
Rain was again the major player in this week’s crop progress report. From the Iowa report:
Rain events throughout the week kept most fields too wet for machinery to enter. Runoff caused erosion, especially in recently tilled fields. Standing water in some fields may
damage crops.
| Quality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent | |
| Corn | 3% | 8% | 32% | 48% | 9% |
| Pasture & Range | 2% | 9% | 28% | 47% | 14% |
| Topsoil Moisture | State | Last Week | Last Year | ||
| Very Short | 0% | 0% | 15% | ||
| Short | 0% | 1% | 31% | ||
| Adequate | 43% | 45% | 53% | ||
| Surplus | 57% | 54% | 1% | ||
| Subsoil Moisture | State | Last Week | Last Year | ||
| Very Short | 1% | 1% | 11% | ||
| Short | 4% | 7% | 34% | ||
| Adequate | 57% | 63% | 54% | ||
| Surplus | 38% | 29% | 1% | ||
