Agriculture, All of Iowa

August 8th 2016 Crop Report

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No real change with the crop report this week with corn, soybeans and hay being in good to excellent condition. The oat crop is nearly harvested at over 90%. Corn and soybeans are running ahead of schedule in development which has been seen all year. There was no real stress to livestock this past week with pastures being in good to excellent shape as well. Moisture levels haven’t really changed a whole lot this week either, with the southern and southeastern counties remaining the driest due to abnormally dry conditions there. To read the whole crop report https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Iowa/Publications/Crop_Progress_&_Condition/2016/IA_Crop_Progress_08_08_16.pdf