Iowa's premier weekly crop reports 8/03/2016

Corn is approaching the dough stage and soybeans are blooming, Jesse said July 28. “We’ve gotten nearly 2 inches of rain, which was helpful, but we’re probably going to need some more,” she said. Fungicide applications have been going on, and there was some hay cut last week. “Crops are looking good,” she said. “We’re probably right on schedule, which is surprising for as late as we got started.”

“Things look good here. We had plenty of moisture for corn pollination, and we didn’t get...