National Agricultural Statistical Service

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Heat aids crops, Northey says

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service.  The report is released weekly from April through October.   “The heat is certainly on and helping the crop mature rapidly and nearly catching up to the five-year average,” Northey said.  “Fortunately, [...]

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Tracy Franck and his son Austin plant corn on one of their fields, Sunday May 1, 2011 in Winthrop. (Becky Malewitz/The Gazette)
Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Rains slow planting again in last week

Persistent rainfalls brought planting to a halt in much of south central Iowa last week and slowed progress in the remainder of the state, according to the USDA’s weekly Crop Report. As of Sunday, May 29, 99 percent of Iowa’s corn acreage had been planted and 90 percent of the corn plants had emerged. The [...]

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