As drought conditions persist over large portions of Iowa, farmers have concerns about yields and crop quality as harvest approaches.

“I’m pretty dry at my house,” Marion County farmer Bill Wallace said Aug. 24 at an Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach meeting on drought impacts in Knoxville. “Our pastures are short. I keep hoping I’ll get a little rain one of these days.”

Pasture and post-harvest corn stalk grazing were topics of discussion during the ...