Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of November 17, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.
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| Grain Storage Availability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Adequate | Surplus | |
| On-Farm Storage | 15% | 74% | 11% |
| Off-Farm Storage | 6% | 81% | 13% |
Across the state soybean harvest is in the books, and corn harvest is almost over, leaving time for post-harvest activities. From the Iowa report:
Only 7% of corn in Iowa remained in the field. . . Statewide there were 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork. Other activities for the week included fertilizer application, fall tillage, tile installation, and baling corn stalks.
| Quality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent | |
| Pasture & Range | 23% | 30% | 30% | 16% | 1% |
| Moisture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Topsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 10% | 10% | 27% |
| Short | 21% | 27% | 38% |
| Adequate | 61% | 61% | 38% |
| Surplus | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| Subsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 21% | 23% | 60% |
| Short | 37% | 36% | 34% |
| Adequate | 41% | 40% | 6% |
| Surplus | 1% | 1% | 0% |
