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2026 Iowa Planting Survey

  • May 14, 2026
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VINTON, Iowa — Almost a half-century of farming has led to a wealth of knowledge and humor for Wayne Siela.

“Farming has served me well,” Siela said. “I don’t know where the time went.”

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Central Iowa family works through wet, chilly spring together

TRAER, Iowa — The Kubik family’s on-the-go schedule fills up as they progress through planting season in Tama County.

Alex Kubik is a full-time tractor systems engineer at John Deere. His wife Lisa Kubik is a full-time account executive at Agoro Carbon Alliance. They also have two youngsters, Kennedy and Kacen.

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Cool weather and costs on farmer’s mind during planting

CUSHING, Iowa — Planting season was over for Joe Putensen May 6.

“This is one of our earlier years when it comes to planting,” he said. “We’ve had a really good season for planting.”

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Weeds an early problem in southwest Iowa

EMERSON, Iowa — An early start to planting season had Jeff Richards finishing up his corn crop May 6.

“I would say corn is 90% done in our area, and beans are probably 50% done,” he said.

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