Northwest Iowa Crop Conditions

Northwest of Storm Lake

Counties of: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux

April 23, 2013

Past Weeks Rainfall: 1″ to 1.5″

Soil Moisture: Topsoil is wet but subsoil is still short of moisture

Temperature: Colder than normal for this time of year

Crop Progress: No field work done yet

Corn

Crop Stage: Not Planted

Yield Potential: Unknown

Soybean

Crop Stage: Not Planted

Yield Potential: Unknown

Corn Market

Current Prices: $6.60/bu

Fall Prices: $4.85/bu

Past Weeks Trend: Down about .10

Soybean Market

Current Prices: $14.02/bu

Fall Prices: $11.39/bu

Past Weeks Trend: Steady to Lower

Comments:

Chad Husman AFM

The cool and wet weather continues for another week. Forecasts are finally calling for a warm up later this week. Corn planting will start when we have about 4 nice days in a row. Farmers will want to get the corn planted as soon as possible. The recent moisture will be very beneficial for this growing season, but a shift to hot and dry in June – July would put us right back into a drought situation.The grain markets are having a hard time maintaining any gains. Concerns about delayed planting could give the market a boost but traders won’t consider it a major problem until mid-May.

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