Northeast Iowa Crop Conditions

Northeast of Storm Lake

Counties of: Emmet, Palo Alto, Kossuth, Winnebago, Hancock, Humboldt, Wright, and Pocahontas

July 13, 2015

Past Weeks Rainfall: none

Soil Moisture: Adequate

Temperature: 4-5 degrees below normal, Warmer since Saturday

Crop Progress: Normal

Corn

Crop Stage: 7-8 feet tall, beginning to tassel

Yield Potential: Above average

Soybean

Crop Stage: 15-18 in tall

Yield Potential: Average to above average

Corn Market

Current Prices: $3.91 /bu

Fall Prices: $4.00 /bu

Past Weeks Trend: Higher

Soybean Market

Current Prices: $9.81/bu

Fall Prices: $9.56/bu

Past Weeks Trend: Higher

Comments:

Nathan Deters AFM

Another cooler than normal week, before more normal July heat returned over the weekend. Crops are moving ahead well, with most corn either starting to tassel or within a week of tasseling. Soybeans are adding height and blooms. Final herbicide applications are being made to weed escapes in soybeans.

The grain markets have moved higher again on continued uncertainty about how much yield damage has been done by the wet weather to the East and the South. National crop ratings still have the condition score above average, reflecting how good conditions currently are in the Northern and Western corn belt.

Crop Update Achives

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