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July 14, 2010
Posted by:
John Furlong, Regional Sales Agronomist
Welcome from waterlogged southeast Iowa. Since April 24th, rainfall amounts of 40 inches have been reported in some areas. As you can imagine, crops in those areas are suffering greatly. North of I-80 in eastern Iowa is better, and there will be some good crops.
As a result of the heavy rains, nitrogen losses have been excessive and weed control has been spotty. Early planted crops seem to be doing the best. If we learned anything this year, we learned that once April 10th is here, look at soil conditions and not at the calendar. Corn started tasseling July 1, and has been progressing without any excess heat stress. Hopefully we can continue to get some rainfall {and not monsoons} to finish the late planted crops.
