Iowa's premier weekly crop reports 8/17/2016

Last week’s rain storms brought relief as soybeans enter the pod setting and filling stage, Jesse said Aug. 11. “We had 1.3 inches overnight and this morning. That’s certainly going to help the beans along,” she said. “We needed this rain. We’ll never turn that down in August.” Some farmers have been spraying fungicides and treating for soybean aphids, she said.

“We got some rain and everything looks good here,” Nelson said Aug. 11. Corn is mostly in the late dough stage, and...