Rain has hopscotched through Iowa in the last week, at a make-or-break time for soybeans.
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The latest drought monitor shows seven southern Iowa counties are now in “extreme drought.” Overall, 70 percent of the state is considered to have some level of drought conditions.
LaVerne Arndt farms near Sac City in northwest Iowa, one of the driest spots in the state.
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But Arndt says his soybeans still have the potential for good yields with timely rains. Kurt Olson farms near Grand Mound in east-central Iowa. He say his crops are doing well.
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Much of northeast Iowa where heavy rains and flash flooding hit recently is out of the drought zone. However, portions of Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Union, Warren and Wayne Counties are rated in “extreme drought” by the latest report.