Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report

Iowa’s second cutting of alfalfa hay has nearly wrapped, with the third cutting now half complete.

This week’s Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released on Monday by the USDA also says soybeans blooming has reached 93-percent, with 75-percent setting pods. Soybean condition is rated mostly good at 60-percent.

Corn is rated mostly good at 57-percent. Ninety-six percent of Iowa’s corn has reached the silking stage, with corn in the dough stage at 68-percent – that’s about a day ahead of both last year and the 5-year average. Fifteen-percent of the corn crop was dented. 

Eighty-three percent of the oat crop has been harvested for grain. Hay condition is rated 85-percent good to excellent. 

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says unfortunately, there are parts of the state, especially in eastern Iowa, that are dealing with localized flooding from several waves of heavy rainfall. Naig says looking ahead, forecasts are indicating seasonal temperatures and drier conditions this week.