Kipp Fehr
Kipp Fehr
Palo Alto County

Northwest Iowa

The center pivot irrigation systems are providing the moisture needed for about half of Fehr’s crops these days. “We’ve probably had a little over an inch of rain since May,” he said July 13. Crops in non-irrigated areas could definitely use the moisture, he said. Soybeans are shading the rows and blooming. Corn is tasseling in the area.  

Brad Feckers
Brad Feckers
Butler County

North Central Iowa

“We’re getting good, timely rains. We’re kind of in a little garden spot here,” Feckers said July 13. Corn is tasseling, and soybean are closing the rows and blooming. Herbicide spraying on soybeans is being completed in the area. Crop...