Brian Dreith
Brian Dreith
Pocohontas County

Northwest Iowa

Farmers continue to work around rain showers and wet holes in an effort to finish planting, Dreith said May 31. He finished planting his corn and has been able to get about 50 percent of his soybeans planted. “We got our dry fields done. The rest is still pretty wet,” he said. The area received small amounts of rain every day from May 19 to 25 and another 1.5 to 3.5 inches last week.

Beth Rachut
Beth Rachut
Mitchell County

North Central Iowa

“We finally got the corn all in and most of the beans,” Rachut said May 31. “Now everyone is hustling to...