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Northwest

Aug. 10: Corn is starting to fire up

We are dry. Some areas the corn is starting to fire up. Beans are holding in pretty good. Pastures are drying up. Fungicide spraying is comple…

Keith Koerselman, Northwest Iowa CropWatch

Keith Koerselman, Northwest Iowa CropWatch

Keith Koerselman’s family farm in LeMars has been going strong for 150 years. He and wife Kristin, along with sons Keton and Kaleb, farm 500 a…

Northeast

Aug. 10: Soybeans recovered well from the rough start

I received 0.3 of an inch of rain on Aug. 4-5. On Aug. 7 I received 1.5 inches of rain. The soybeans are growing well and getting difficult to…

Wayne Koehler, Northeast Iowa CropWatch

Wayne Koehler, Northeast Iowa CropWatch

Wayne Koehler grows corn and soybeans in Charles City with his wife of 35 years, Lisa.

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Clayton VanAernam, West Central Iowa CropWatch

Clayton VanAernam, West Central Iowa CropWatch

Clayton VanAernam is 17 and a junior at Audubon High School. He farms with his parents, Andy and Ashley, near Exira in Audubon County. They ha…

Aug. 3: 2-inch rain would be a blessing

This week was once again a dry one. We got right at 0.4 of an inch of rain at our place. There was talk of good 1-2-inch rain coming that neve…

Central

Aug. 10: Crop is shaping up to be fairly solid

Crops continue to develop. We have had heavy dew and even fog several mornings this past week. We received another 0.8 to 1 inch of rain durin…

Eric Weuve, Central Iowa CropWatch

Eric Weuve, Central Iowa CropWatch

Eric Weuve is a farm business management specialist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach based in Ames. He farms with his parents, …

East Central

Aug. 10: After storm, bean fields look more like cut hay

Severe storms rolled through east-central Iowa on Friday afternoon, Aug. 7. With them came a confirmed tornado, 90 mph winds and extreme hail.…

Joe Sperfslage, East Central Iowa CropWatch

Joe Sperfslage, East Central Iowa CropWatch

Joe Sperfslage operates a family farm in Linn County near Coggon, growing 1,800 acres of corn, 800 acres of soybeans and 150 acres of wheat.

North Central

Aug. 10: A busy week balancing family, fair and farm

Rain was light again this week — half an inch across the area. Crops still need more moisture. Kossuth County Fair was in full swing, with my …

Matthew Bormann, North Central Iowa CropWatch

Matthew Bormann, North Central Iowa CropWatch

Matthew Bormann grows corn and soybeans near Algona, Iowa, in Kossuth County. 

South Central

Aug. 10: Another mid-August rain wouldn't hurt

We had scattered rainfall again, especially in the south part of my area. The corn is moving along quickly this year again, and the beans are …

Devin Davis, South Central Iowa CropWatch

Devin Davis, South Central Iowa CropWatch

Devin Davis’s work on his family farms began at age 10. He eventually returned to work there after attending the University of Northern Iowa, …

Southwest

Aug. 10: 4-inch rain couldn’t have come at a better time

Tuesday night we got 4 inches of rain. It put water in the terrace behind my house for the first time this year. It couldn’t have come at a be…

Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel, Southwest Iowa CropWatch

Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel, Southwest Iowa CropWatch

Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel live and farm near Carson, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County, with their son, Brock, a high school sophomore, and daugh…

Southeast

Aug. 10: Pod fill is looking good so far!

Rains last week have really helped the bean crop. Pod fill is looking good so far! We had eight-tenths on Wednesday last week. Rains on Friday…

Elyssa McFarland, Southeast Iowa CropWatch

Elyssa McFarland, Southeast Iowa CropWatch

Elyssa McFarland is the sixth generation in her family to farm near Columbus Junction in Louisa County. She runs the farm with her husband Dav…

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