Iowa’s premier weekly crop reports 6-7-2023

Travis Morey - Palo Alto County
Northwest Iowa

“Farmers have been spraying postemergence herbicides, and a few have started sidedressing, Morey said June 1. Heavy rains in mid-May caused crusting issues in soybeans. “There’s been a lot of replanting and rotary hoeing going on,” he said. “Most of the first cutting of alfalfa got put up. Everybody is chopping and baling their winter rye. It sounds like it’s doing phenomenal this year.” 

Tanner Brass - Franklin County
North Central Iowa

“Crops look good as a whole, but we’re starting to see some pressure from being dry,”...