Brian Rosburg
Brian Rosburg
Emmet County

Northwest Iowa

Rosburg said an insurance adjuster was coming last week to assess a soybean field damaged by quarter-inch size hail. Crop development remains well behind normal. “Some late-April planted corn has some dent, but it’s a long ways from black layer. Our dryer is going to get a workout.” He’s hopeful corn yields will be around average, but said he expects bean yields to be below average.

Melissa Moretz
Melissa Moretz
Worth County

North Central Iowa

“The last couple weeks have been really good weather for us,” Moretz said Aug. 29. “We got the rain we needed, and the corn is looking really good.” ...