Expert: Cooler Weather Helping Iowa Crops Mature

Iowa — August is typically one of the hotter and drier growing months for corn and soybeans, but August so far this year has been relatively mild.

Iowa State Extension field agronomist Terry Basol says that’s great news for corn and soybeans because it helps them from maturing too quickly.

He covers northeast Iowa and says crops, like people, get along better when things aren’t so hot.

Basol adds that his region’s subsoil moisture is 85 percent adequate thanks to a wet July.

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