Northeast Iowa Crop Conditions

Northeast of Storm Lake

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

September 18, 2017

Past Weeks Rainfall: –

Soil Moisture: –

Temperature: –

Crop Progress: –

Corn

Crop Stage: 6.5 to 8 feet tall, dent to dry down

Yield Potential: Below Average to Average

Soybean

Crop Stage: 18 to 26 inches tall, dry down to harvest

Yield Potential: Below Average to Average

Corn Market

Current Prices: $3.05/bu

Fall Prices: $3.05/bu

Past Weeks Trend: Mixed

Soybean Market

Current Prices: $9.01/bu

Fall Prices: $9.01/bu

Past Weeks Trend: Mixed

Comments:

Nathan Deters AFM

Weather:
A Mix of highs in the 70’s and the 80’s with moderate rainfall has progressed both crops well over the last 14 days. Recent rainfall has knocked many leaves off of the soybeans in the area, allowing for plenty of air flow to aid in dry down as we near harvest. Many farmers plan on beginning harvest this coming weekend and next week. Corn dry down has been consistent with fields that had fungicide applied taking a week to 10 days longer
to reach the same maturity. Corn harvest will be in full swing by the middle of next month.

Below is the drought monitor map from September 12th:

Grain Markets:
A USDA report released last week dictated yield prospects higher than originally predicted by Chicago analysts.This drove prices down for only a day until new export sales were announced that were also larger than expected. As we believed before, if the yields match up with the USDA estimates, global demand will drive the market in the short term.

Crop Update Achives

Please click on the links on the right to view the past pdf’s of our Northeast Crop Conditions reports.