Crop Report: Farmers Still Struggling

Des Moines, Iowa — While the weather seems to be slowly improving, farmers statewide are still struggling to get the crop in the ground due to cool, wet weather, according to the latest crop report.

Brad Medlock, Agricultural Statistician for the USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service Upper Midwest Regional Field Office tells us more.


The crop report says that in the northwest district, 75 percent of intended corn acres are planted, with only 32 percent of the soybeans having been planted so far.

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