Counties of: Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Carroll, Greene, Boone, Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas
Corn planting started in earnest last Friday and is about 75% done a week later.Topsoil conditions were a little damp but with good soil tilth and good moisture f or germination.T he cold, wet weather in the first week of May made it a little late but not late enough to have to change hybrids.
Soybeans will be in shortly.
T he weather is amazingly volatile…
A week ago Monday, May 6 there was a range of 3” To 12” snow on the ground depending on where you
were standing.
It set an all-time record f or snow fall in May f or Iowa.
On Saturday, May 11 temperatures dropped to 29°.
On Tuesday, May 14 temperatures reached 106°.
Subsoil moisture is about three quarters full.
With modest rain this summer yields should be good.
Please click on the links on the right to view the past pdf’s of our Southeast Crop Conditions reports.
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