Flood related nutrient loss and crop damage is a concern in the northern two thirds of Iowa, but subsoil moisture in the southern third of the state is less than 30 percent adequate to surplus.
Corn silking is at 88 percent, 27 percentage points ahead of the five-year average. The crop is 79 percent good to excellent as of Sunday.
Eighty-one percent of soybeans are blooming and 40 percent are setting pods, 15 percentage points ahead of the average.
Continue reading Varying moisture across Iowa affecting crops at Brownfield Ag News.
