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Northwest

July 27: “Best Five Days of Summer”

Hot week. We did get 1.3 inches of rain at the end of the week. Fungicide nearly completed. Hopefully cools off this next week. Crop scouting …

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

July 27: Farmers take advantage of change in weather

We received another 1.4 inches of rain July 20. Later in the week some farmers took advantage of the change in weather and made hay. Fungicide…

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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"Plenty of crop left" despite quick harvest in Missouri

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West Central

July 27: Once again a dry one

This week was once again a dry one. We got 0.2 of an inch of rain—and I honestly wouldn’t even count it as a “rain.” The corn and beans look g…

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

July 27: Another eventful weather week

Another eventful weather week in Central Iowa. Last Monday evening (July 20), storms rolled through producing anywhere from 2.6 to 3 inches of…

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 27: Biggest concern is in our diesel tanks

Moisture in the fields looks excellent, disease pressure remains minimal, and fungicide applications are continuing across east-central Iowa. …

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

July 27: We need rain

No rain this past week. We need rain. Finished hauling in the bin bottoms of 2025 corn. Helping kids finish up 4-H projects for our county fai…

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

July 27: Soybeans are putting on pods

Thunderstorms on Monday (July 20) dropped between 1.9 and 4 inches of rain across our area. Once the fields dried out, we tried to finish with…

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

July 27: Heat returns after few days' break

Not much has changed this week. We got a few days’ break from the heat, but it’s back now. Crops look good. Have seen some late-planted corn r…

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

July 27: Corn pollination looks good

Last Monday (July 20), we got over an inch of rain and had cooler temperatures throughout the week, which gave us a nice break before the heat…

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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