Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of September 1, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.
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| Field Work/Crop Progress | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide | Last week | Last year | 5-year average | |
| Corn in/past milk stage | 94% | 80% | 100% | 98% |
| Corn in/past dough stage | 73% | 46% | 98% | 88% |
| Corn in/past dent stage | 33% | 9% | 89% | 64% |
| Soybeans setting pods | 93% | 83% | 99% | 88% |
Continuing the trend, high temperatures have brought heat to damage crops already contending with a lack of rainfall. From the Iowa report:
Although most of the State received little or no rainfall, parts of western Iowa experienced beneficial rain. While hot temperatures allowed crops to mature, crop conditions deteriorated last week in response to the heat and lack of moisture. Statewide there was an average of 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork.
| Quality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent | |
| Corn | 8% | 17% | 36% | 33% | 6% |
| Soybeans | 8% | 16% | 37% | 34% | 6% |
| Pasture & Range | 24% | 28% | 33% | 14% | 1% |
| Moisture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Topsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 44% | 35% | 50% |
| Short | 34% | 37% | 33% |
| Adequate | 22% | 28% | 16% |
| Surplus | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Subsoil | State | Last Week | Last Year |
| Very Short | 35% | 26% | 66% |
| Short | 39% | 40% | 29% |
| Adequate | 26% | 33% | 5% |
| Surplus | 0% | 1% | 0% |
