It’s been a challenging growing season for farmers in many parts of Iowa, for a variety of reasons. In north-central Iowa, crops were planted late due to snow and persistent heavy rains this summer caused ponding and drowned-out spots in many fields. But Brent Renner, who’s farms near Klemme, says much of the corn that survived is looking good.
Kent Klingbeil, an agronomist with Ames-based Landus Coop, says his biggest concern is nitrogen stress in corn.
Statewide, this week’s USDA report rated 79-percent of Iowa’s corn crop in good-to-excellent condition and 76-percent of the state’s soybean crop in the good-to-excellent category.
