The heat returned to central Iowa, leading to some rain over the last couple of days (0.75 of an inch) and some brief wind storms that led to some tree damage in the neighborhood and a little wind damage to a few fields in the area, although the soybeans appear to have come out of it. The se…
Our crop maturity is beginning to show signs of reaching the final stages. Soybean fields are beginning the changing of colors, along with some SDS showing up, and pod development is continuing. Corn kernel development is continuing, and plants are beginning to show the effects of dry-down. …
We received 0 inches of rain this week and were able to dry out a bit. It was nice to have the moisture during pod fill on our soybeans. The fields I have been out in look relatively good. The plants have a lot of pods, with most pods having at least three beans developing. I have noticed so…
Central Iowa continued to receive more rain this past week, with three rainfall events and over 1.5 inches recorded. Our corn continues to look solid. I have not noticed any pollination issues in our fields, but I do hear people have noticed some around central Iowa. Our soybeans also are pr…
Eric Weuve is a farm business management specialist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach based in Ames. He farms with his parents, Wayne and Cathy, overseeing 600 acres of corn and soybeans in a row crop operation in Story County near McCallsburg and Zearing.
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 during the week but did not receive any of the strong storms or damage that other parts of the state received. I have heard multiple people discussing poll…
This past week has been quite good for crop growth. The excessive heat gave way to slightly cooler temperatures and we received about 1.5 inches of total rain in two events. My corn fungicide was sprayed this morning (Aug. 3), and several soybean fields are also receiving treatment. Disease …
Another eventful weather week in Central Iowa. Last Monday evening (July 20), storms rolled through producing anywhere from 2.6 to 3 inches of rain across our fields. Thankfully no hail, although there was some sizeable hail and strong winds reported not too far away. We also received anothe…
The corn in our area, including all our fields, is fully tasseled and still looking pretty good. I still have not seen much of any disease pressure out there. The soybeans are showing some stress from the excessive rain of a few weeks ago with yellowing in areas of heavy soil followed by the…
The fields in my area continue to look pretty good considering the heat that we have endured. Several corn fields are now fully tasseled, and more tassels develop each day. Soybeans are progressing along as well. I did notice a few spray planes and spray drones over the weekend begin applyin…
The crops in our area did well given the intense heat earlier last week. Some corn in our neighborhood is beginning to show tassels and should be fully tasseled by this time next week. I recorded 5.78 inches of rain from Thursday afternoon through Saturday, so once again the ponds have fille…
There was not much activity in the field this week. The field ponds dried up from the additional rains from last week. We did lose some crop on this excessive rainfall, so I do plan on replanting a few spots over the next couple of days. Our corn crop is looking good — all the fields have fo…
Our corn continues to do well, entering V10 to V11. The weather has continued to bring some challenges, receiving an additional 3 inches of rain last week over the course of Wednesday morning. The field ponds refilled on this rain event and will cause some crop loss. Our soybeans have begun …
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 first front also brought some damaging winds and hail in some neighboring fields. The wind did cause some green snap in the corn and laid a lot of corn fl…
We received anywhere from 1 to just over 3 inches with the rain that moved in last week. Fortunately, we are not dealing with any surface water on any of our fields. There is some minor ponding in some fields in the neighborhood. Our heaviest rain came Thursday night. The rain was certainly …
The heat we received since Memorial Day weekend has certainly been welcomed. The corn has responded very well, with all fields in V4 and not far from moving into V5. The soybeans are also growing well with the second trifoliate forming. We were able to patch in a few spots in the soybean fie…
Monday and Tuesday storms provided more rain — just over 2 inches total for the weekend — but thankfully no other weather events like some throughout north-central Iowa. The temperatures certainly cooled down and slowed the crop growth. Corn is continuing to grow well, moving into V3, and we…
A good week weatherwise. The warm temperatures were just what we needed. All of my corn fields have started to emerge, with my first corn field at V1 to V2. With the half inch of rain that I received between Friday and Saturday, the soybeans have started to emerge as well at VE. We began cle…
We had a very productive week. Field conditions continued to improve each day, and everyone took advantage of it. We were able to finish corn on Monday and moved straight into planting soybeans. We were able to get all the beans planted and rolled. I was able to get several of the fields spr…
We received 1.11 inches of rain April 27. The cool, cloudy weather meant that we dried out very slow. Friday, we were able to start planting corn on ground that was worked ahead of the rain. Throughout the weekend field conditions continued to improve. A lot of activity in the neighborhood o…
We were finally able to get back into the field earlier in the week. Our spring fertilizer was applied, we were able to get our preplant 32% applied and begin fieldwork ahead of planting. I received 1.11 inches of rain on Thursday night and another 0.96 of an inch Sunday night into Monday wi…
The area received over 6 inches of rain in April so far. My rain gauge only hit about 1.25 inches last week. Bad storms moved east and and south around the area, so no major damage reported. We saw a few planters out in fields on the way to the FFA convention in Ames. We hope by mid-week to …
Eric Weuve is a farm business management specialist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach based in Ames. He farms with his parents, Wayne and Cathy, overseeing 600 acres of corn and soybeans in a row crop operation in Story County near McCallsburg and Zearing.
The season was challenging, particularly with the excessive summer rain, but overall it's been a good season! Last week, I was able to finish baling hay for the season and baled some corn stalks. So now I can clean up the balers and park them for the winter. I also got electric fence put up …
This last week I loaded out a couple loads of corn, I baled some hay and mowed some hay and l delivered hay and straw. Due to the rain we got, I didn't get cover crops planted for my uncle yet, but I expect to do that this week. I also need to deliver some hay, bale hay and put up electric f…