Richard Marshall - Buena Vista County
Northwest Iowa
“Noticed a lot of fields ... where the beans are starting to show some brown spots on top ... , probably sudden death syndrome coming in,” Marshall said Aug. 21. Waterhemp also is reported in beans. The region has seen a couple shots of rain. The local co-op is loading trains with corn. “Getting their facilities pretty well cleaned out, thinking there’s going to be a big crop, I’m guessing.”” ;

Cody Allen - Humboldt County
North Central Iowa
Rain finally quit, with just a couple small showers the past two weeks. Seed corn...