Southeast Iowa Crop Conditions

Southeast of Storm Lake

Counties of: Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Carroll, Greene, Boone, Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas

Past Weeks Rainfall: 2″-4″

Soil Moisture: Excess

Temperature: 70′s + 80′s

Crop Progress: Dent and Pod Fill

Crop Stage: Dent

Yield Potential: Above Average

Crop Stage: Pod Fill

Yield Potential: Above Average

Current Prices: $3.21/bu

Fall Prices: $3.15/bu

Past Weeks Trend: Down

Current Prices: $12.20/bu

Fall Prices: $9.60/bu

Past Weeks Trend: Down

Some excessive rains and high winds caused crop damage, especially near Denison. Leaf disease in corn and SDS in beans are prevalent.

Prices continue to drift into harvest time anticipating large crops with limited storage. Any talk about early frost will support the markets.

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