Southeast Iowa Crop Conditions

Soybean harvest is well underway. Yields are quite variable depending on disease pressure and ground water.Fields needing tile have low yields around 45 Bu/ac. well tiled areas are in the mid 60’s. Corn is drying down and stalk quality is good in most cases. Some diseased fields affected by goss’ wilt and northern corn leaf blight should be harvested early. Grain markets responded as rain delays have slowed harvest and early corn yields indicate production may not be as large as anticipated.