Iowa soaked but headed toward dry patch as planting almost complete
May likely to go down as top-10 wettest on record; crop planting almost in line with five-year average.
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May likely to go down as top-10 wettest on record; crop planting almost in line with five-year average.
Subsoil is still trying to catch up in Iowa after three years of drought.
Warm soil temperatures and favorable weather have allowed farmers across Iowa to start planting corn and soybeans this week, according to several field agronomists.
Heavy rainfall in wide areas of the state in March helped alleviate drought conditions that have persisted for more than three years. Still, available soil moisture is far behind what it has been in recent years.
Warm soil temperatures and favorable weather have allowed farmers across Iowa to start planting corn and soybeans this week, according to several field agronomists.