Iowa's premier weekly crop reports 8/29/2018

Soybeans are podding and filling well, Vander Velde said Aug. 23. “The earlier variety beans are starting to turn. We’ll probably have some ready at the end of September,” he said. He was cleaning up weeds last week in areas that didn’t canopy. A few spots of sudden death syndrome are showing up, he added. Rainfall last week totaled about 0.7 inch.

“We got another shot of rain, about 3 to 4 inches around the...