Northeast Iowa - For our operation, we plant about 70% corn and about 30% soybeans. Presently, we only have about 5% of our harvest completed. We are mildly surprised on overall condition of crop considering the heat we had to endure this summer. We did receive enough rain though in April to bring the corn along nicely, but the beans have suffered tremendously.
Yields for corn have been a little better than last year at about 180 bu/acre. Beans seem to be in the 50 bu/acre range, which is considerably lower than last year.
One of the things we did that helped this year was applying insecticide and fungicide, early on, that helped fight off Asian beetles and worm issues. Others in the area that omitted these applications have seen problems on both of these fronts.
As seen on the Van Trump Report
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