Southwest Iowa Crop Conditions

Southwest of Storm Lake

Counties of: Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Monona, Crawford, Harrison, Shelby

May 28, 2013

Past Weeks Rainfall: Rained most of Memorial Day weekend; most of our southwest district saw 2-4″ but suf f ered river f looding f rom very heavy rains to the north, particularly on the Little Sioux and Maple Rivers. Heaviest rain seems to be 11″ at Granville. Other areas 7-9

Soil Moisture: 51% Adequate and 48% Surplus in topsoil; subsoil is 70% Adequate and 21% Surplus

Temperature: Temps for the past week were 5 degrees cooler than normal; GDD’s are 40 to 130 behind normal

Crop Progress: 3 weeks behind normal

Corn

Crop Stage: US is 92% planted. West- central Iowa is 91% with 60% emerged. Most emerged corn is 3-4″ tall.

Yield Potential: Yield potential is below normal. Delayed planting

Soybean

Crop Stage: West-central Iowa is 43% planted. 40% f or the state. 7% emerged

Yield Potential: Bean yield potential stays at 97% to May 20th, drops to 90% by May 30th

Corn Market

Current Prices: $7.10/bu /bu

Fall Prices: $5.27/bu/bu

Past Weeks Trend: Old-crop 12c higher, new-crop 30c higher

Soybean Market

Current Prices: $14.81/bu/bu

Fall Prices: $12.28/bu/bu

Past Weeks Trend: Old crop dropped 60 cents last week f rom post-harvest highs, and have recovered 25 cents of that drop; new-crop has gained about 60 cents over the past week.

Comments:

Dennis Reyman AFM, ARA

After a great week of progress from the 13th to the 20th, we are back to rain and below average temps.Corn planting was mostly done but many areas around Northwest Iowa were dumped on over the Memorial Day weekend, resulting in flooding, ponding, and moderate to severe erosion in many fields. Several rivers including the Little Sioux and Maple in our southwest area set record crests. T hey may have also set unofficials records f or the fastest rises. Rainfall reports around the area ranged from 2-4″ in our southwest area to 7-11″ in our eastern and northwest areas. T his was on top of soil that was already fairly saturated, so there was no way the soil could absorb it fast enough. T he Drought Monitor continued to show western Iowa in moderate to severe drought but that is certainly not the case. Groundwater has risen considerably. My own shallow well has risen more than ten feet in the past two months.Grain prices are rebounding, particularly new crop. We have now exceeded $5.25 and $12.25 in many locations for October delivery. Old crop price has regained some price. Beans have touched $15.00. Corn prices are variable depending on location but are back over $7.30 in some places. We are nearing the stage
where unplanted corn may be switched to beans, especially if ground stays mucky and we get delayed past June 5th.

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