Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of September 15, 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 dough stage | 94% | 86% | 100% | 97% |
| Corn in/past dent stage | 77% | 54% | 99% | 89% |
| Corn mature (safe from frost) | 15% | 5% | 86% | 45% |
| Soybean leaves turning color | 43% | 12% | 88% | 73% |
| Soybeans dropping leaves | 7% | 2% | 50% | 31% |
Slight but meaningful rains over the past weekend were covered much of the state – a welcome change from the dry weather that has persisted since late August. From the Iowa report:
Statewide rainfall was still below average for the week. Temperatures were again above normal during most of the week, but cooled during the weekend. There were scattered reports of corn silage being cut.
| Quality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent | |
| Corn | 9% | 19% | 37% | 31% | 4% |
| Soybeans | 10% | 19% | 38% | 30% | 3% |
| Pasture & Range | 33% | 30% | 28% | 8% | 1% |
| Moisture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Topsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 51% | 52% | 43% |
| Short | 34% | 33% | 41% |
| Adequate | 15% | 15% | 16% |
| Surplus | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Subsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 45% | 41% | 60% |
| Short | 38% | 40% | 33% |
| Adequate | 17% | 19% | 7% |
| Surplus | 0% | 0% | 0% |
