Weekly Crop Progress Update

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented at the moment on the Iowa Crop Progress and Situation Report launched by the USDA Nationwide Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is launched weekly April by November.

“With the State Honest set to open on Thursday, fairgoers are wanting ahead to sampling new meals, revisiting longstanding traditions and taking in all issues Iowa agriculture,” stated Secretary Naig. “Temperatures need to be hotter than common with solely minor possibilities of rain over the approaching weeks. With these persistent circumstances, we proceed to watch drought throughout northwestern and southern Iowa.”

The weekly report can also be obtainable on the USDA’s web site at nass.usda.gov.

Crop Report

Precipitation early within the week for a couple of areas and late within the week for a lot of the State resulted in 6.1 days appropriate for fieldwork through the week ending August 7, 2022, in response to the USDA, Nationwide Agricultural Statistics Service. Persistent dry circumstances and above-average temperatures are a priority for a lot of. Fieldwork included slicing and baling hay and making use of pesticides and fungicides.

Topsoil moisture situation rated 20 % very brief, 30 % brief, 48 % enough and a pair of % surplus. Subsoil moisture situation rated 19 % very brief, 33 % brief, 47 % enough and 1 % surplus.

Corn silking or past was 93 %, 5 days behind final yr and three days behind the 5-year common. Fifty three % of the corn crop has reached the dough stage or past, 2 days behind final yr however 1 day forward of the typical. 5 % of Iowa’s corn crop has reached the dent stage, 6 days behind final yr and 1 day behind the 5-year common. Corn situation fell to 73 % good to wonderful. Eighty-nine % of soybeans had been blooming, 9 days behind final yr and three days behind common. Sixty-nine % of the soybean crop was setting pods, 1 week behind final yr and 1 day behind the 5-year common. Iowa’s soybean situation declined to 71 % good to wonderful. Ninety-six % of oats had been turning colour or past, 9 days behind final yr. Oats harvested for grain reached 82 %, 1 day behind each final yr and the typical.

Ninety-five % of the State’s second slicing of alfalfa hay was full, with the third slicing at 28 %. All hay situation rated 54 % good to wonderful. Pasture situation rated 36 % good to wonderful. Lack of rain and excessive warmth prompted some pastures to go dormant and CRP was launched for grazing and haying in areas.

Climate Abstract
Offered by Justin Glisan, Ph.D., State Climatologist, Iowa Division of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

The ultimate month of meteorological summer time started heat and unseasonably dry. Temperatures over the reporting interval had been almost six levels above regular with warmth index values at many stations within the triple digits over a number of days; the statewide common temperature was 77.2 levels, 5.2 levels above regular. Coupled with the unseasonably heat circumstances, dryness endured throughout the southwestern three-quarters of Iowa; rainfall deficits of over an inch had been reported in central Iowa, whereas greater than two inches of above-average rainfall was noticed at a number of stations in northern Iowa.

Gusty southerly winds inbuilt by Sunday (thirty first) afternoon with partly cloudy skies and excessive temperatures starting from the higher 80s northwest to low 80s southeast. Remoted thundershowers popped up in northwestern Iowa earlier within the day after which once more within the late night hours over jap Iowa. A number of cells inside the line had been severe-warned after midnight and raced southeast by the early morning hours of Monday (1st). A handful of stations alongside the trail reported heavier downpours with a gauge close to Solon (Johnson County) measuring 1.78 inches; 4 different stations reported at the least an inch. Daytime temperatures had been near-seasonal throughout northern Iowa with remoted mid-90 diploma readings in southwestern Iowa. One other remoted severe-warned thunderstorm fired in north-central Iowa, increasing right into a smaller line and propagating into southeastern Iowa earlier than dawn on Tuesday (2nd). Greater rain totals fell alongside the slender swath with Gilbert (Story County) observing 0.78 inch whereas West Liberty (Muscatine County) noticed 0.89 inch. Southerly winds, sunny skies and dew level temperatures within the 70s produced sweltering circumstances over the afternoon hours with highs within the mid to higher 90s statewide together with a couple of triple-digit readings; the statewide common excessive was 93 levels, 9 levels above regular. In a single day lows remained unseasonably heat into Wednesday (third) with low 70s north to higher 70s south as a low stress heart approached western Iowa. Showers and thunderstorms shaped alongside and forward of the attendant chilly entrance by the day with a couple of extreme storms forming in jap Iowa. Widespread rainfall was reported throughout a lot of jap Iowa with totals typically between 0.20 to 0.40 inch. Manchester (Delaware County) measured 2.11 inches from stronger and slow-moving thunderstorms.

Cooler temperatures filtered in behind the chilly entrance with morning lows on Thursday (4th) within the mid 50s north to mid 60s south. Variable winds and sunny skies lent to a nice afternoon with daytime highs within the 80s. Winds shifted to an easterly path on Friday (fifth) with hazy skies reported from high-level wildfire smoke. Temperatures warmed again up into the higher 80s and low 90s as winds shifted again to a southerly path into Saturday (sixth) morning. One other low stress system initially introduced showers and thunderstorms throughout Iowa’s northern quarter earlier than an extra wave introduced widespread and heavy rainfall over Iowa’s northern one-third. Southern Iowa, the place sunny skies had been current, skilled scorching temperatures within the higher 90s whereas cloud cowl held temperatures within the 80s north. Rain totals reported on Sunday (seventh) morning had been in north-central and northeast Iowa the place robust to extreme storms shaped. Over forty stations measured at the least an inch with 15 of these stations observing over three inches; Forest Metropolis (Winnebago County) dumped out 3.75 inches whereas Anamosa registered 4.50 inches.

Weekly precipitation totals ranged from no accumulation at a number of west-central stations to 4.86 inches at Manchester. The statewide weekly common precipitation was 0.88 inch whereas the conventional is 0.91 inch. Sioux Metropolis Airport (Woodbury County) reported the week’s excessive temperature of 102 levels on the 2nd, 18 levels above regular. Spencer Municipal Airport (Clay County) reported the week’s low temperature of 52 levels on the 4th, 9 levels under regular.

(contributed press launch, IDALS)