Chet Vander Velde
Chet Vander Velde
O’Brien County

Northwest Iowa

Farmers were finally about to wrap up planting and have moved on to post-emergence spraying on corn, Vander Velde said June 8. “It was a struggle,” he said. “A few guys changed from corn to beans, but not as many as I thought.” Corn ranges from V1 to V6 and soybean growth also varies due to scattered planting windows. Emergence was good considering planting conditions.

Joel Zeman
Joel Zeman
Humboldt County

North Central Iowa

With most of the planting finally completed, farmers are concentrating on applying herbicides and sidedressing,  Zeman said June 7. Many farmers are also replanting low spots that drowned...