Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of June 23, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.
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| Iowa Planted Acreage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide | Last week | Last year | 5-year average | |
| Corn Planted | 96% | 94% | 100% | 100% |
| Corn Emerged | 93% | 89% | 100% | 100% |
| Soybeans Planted | 90% | 77% | 100% | 98% |
| Soybeans Emerged | 75% | 56% | 100% | 94% |
At last, precipitation let up and farmers were able to get into fields. Overall the weather stay warm and mostly dry for much of the week. From the Iowa report:
Statewide there was an average of 4.3 days suitable for fieldwork. The week had the most days suitable for fieldwork in over a month, and the second most for the year. South East Iowa had the most suitable conditions for fieldwork and had 5.4 days suitable.
| Quality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent | |
| Corn | 3% | 11% | 32% | 44% | 10% |
| Soybeans | 3% | 9% | 35% | 44% | 10% |
| Pasture & Range | 1% | 6% | 23% | 47% | 23% |
| Hay, all | 1% | 5% | 27% | 52% | 15% |
| Oats | 1% | 5% | 26% | 56% | 12% |
| Moisture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Topsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| Short | 1% | 0% | 40% |
| Adequate | 59% | 54% | 45% |
| Surplus | 40% | 46% | 1% |
| Subsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| Short | 1% | 2% | 44% |
| Adequate | 65% | 64% | 39% |
| Surplus | 34% | 34% | 1% |
