North-central Iowa farmer Brent Renner tells Brownfield large amounts of rainfall over the last week are impacting crop conditions.
“I’m starting to see maybe some, especially in some of the wetter areas, some nitrogen deficiency show up in some of our corn.”
The Klemme area grower says he’s also noticing an uptick in pest pressure.
“We had some Japanese beetles flying around last week, I think that’s kind of a normal event. We haven’t seen anything in numbers that give us any concerns.”
USDA’s latest weekly crop progress numbers show 86 percent of Iowa’s corn crop rated in good to excellent condition, with 15 percent silking.
Soybeans are called 79 percent good to excellent, with 36 percent blooming.
