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Excessive Rain Raises Concerns in Some Iowa Areas
Iowa Ag Connection - 09/27/2016
Although southeast Iowa had 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork, statewide there were just 3.6 days suitable for the week ending Sunday, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Above normal precipitation with localized heavy rains led to
reports of fields with standing water. Activities for the week included chopping corn for silage, and some corn and soybean harvest. Excessive rains have raised concerns about crop damage and pasture condition in certain parts of the State. Topsoil moisture
levels rated 1 percent very short, 2 percent short, 67 percent adequate and 30 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 4 percent short, 73 percent adequate and 22 percent surplus.
Seventy-two percent of the corn crop was mature or beyond, 3 days ahead of last year, and 2 days ahead of the five-year average. Corn harvest slowed due to wet conditions, but there were scattered reports of corn for grain being harvested. Corn condition
rated 82 percent good to excellent. Ninety-three percent of soybeans were turning color or beyond, 3 days ahead of last year's pace. Sixty-eight percent of soybeans were dropping leaves or beyond, 3 days ahead of average. Soybean harvest has begun where
field conditions were dry enough. Soybean condition rated 81 percent good to excellent.
The third cutting of alfalfa hay advanced only one percentage point, to 96 percent, due to the week's abundance of rain. Pasture condition rated 65 percent good to excellent. While above normal temperatures were beneficial for livestock conditions, grazing
livestock had to move to higher ground as lowland pastures flooded in north central and northeastern Iowa. Outdoor feedlots also became muddy.
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