HARVEST BEGINS
Harvest is beginning around northwest Iowa. ISU Extension Area Agronomist Leah Ten Napel says it’s off to a good start.
Weather conditions this crop season were variable, and so are the yields.
A 200 bushel average was predicted for Iowa’s corn crop. Ten Napel agrees with that assessment.
One area south of Sioux City was one of the driest in the state.
Ten Napel’s district received adequate moisture this season, but there are some disease issues in late planted soybean fields. Stalk integrity could be a problem in corn. Ten Napel urges farmers to monitor their fields during harvest.
