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Northwest

June 16: Our area is missing the rains

Sprayers had a busy week. A lot of bean spraying is finished and will get done the first part of next week. Hopefully the beans grow and canop…

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

June 16: Sidedressing and spraying between rains

Sidedressing nitrogen in corn and post spraying of soybeans were completed between rains during the week. Some respraying of corn has been don…

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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West Central

June 16: Corn is starting to shade

This week has been a good one. We got right around 0.7 of an inch of rain, which was much needed. We have officially reached the point where o…

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…

Central

June 16: Damaging winds and hail in some neighboring fields

Last week we received additional rainfall, another 1.5 to 2.75 inches, so all fields have received over 4 inches in the last 10 days. The firs…

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

June 16: Farmers squeeze into the field for a day or two

Field work continues, though in a limited fashion, as farmers manage to squeeze into the fields for a day, maybe two, before rain pushes them …

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

June 16: We need rain really bad

Corn has really progressed, but we need rain really bad. We received just 0.1 of an inch for the week.

Matthew Bormann, North Central Iowa CropWatch

Matthew Bormann, North Central Iowa CropWatch

Matthew and Nancy Bormann grow corn and soybeans near Algona, Iowa, in Kossuth County, with their three children, Reece, 15, Quinn, 12, and Greta, 9.

South Central

June 16: Some corn is yellowing from excess moisture

It was a quiet week due to the multiple rounds of rain that came through our farm. Some ponding is visible in fields, and some corn is yellowi…

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

June 16: This week we got ours

This week we got ours. Early morning storm on Thursday brought strong winds — snapping trees in our yard, breaking up windbreak trees and thro…

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

June 16: A bit behind on post spraying beans

Rains last week totaled about 3.5 inches. There were strong winds on Wednesday that took down a few trees in the area and leaned over some cor…

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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