Iowa's premier weekly crop reports 5/8/19

Rosburg received about an inch of snow the last weekend of April, and conditions remained cool and damp last week. “There was just a little corn planted before that snow. The guys with tile are hoping they can go again by Saturday,” he said May 2. Some farmers wanted to increase corn acres this year but weren’t able to get tillage done or fertilizer applied, he said.

“Last week was a really good week for everybody around here,” Moretz said May 2. “This week is pretty much a standstill with the rain and snow.” On...