date:Jul 23, 2013
65 percent for Illinois, 66 percent for Nebraska.
Top soil moisture in Iowa was rated 57 percent short to very short, up from 35 percent the week before, according to the USDA Iowa field office. It was the third week in a row with below-average rainfall, it said.
I'm not surprised, said Roger Elmore, extension agronomist for Iowa State University. We need substantial rains. The crop is using a third to four-tenths of an inch of water per day - we are mining the subsoil right now.
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