date:Jul 09, 2014
with excessive rains impairing crop condition.
Weed control and nitrogen side-dressing were behind due to wet conditions and the inability to get equipment through fields, Iowa scouts said.
Many producers reported yellowing corn and stress on soybeans due to excessive moisture.
'Spring wheat is flourishing'
Indeed, the proportion of Iowa soybeans rated good or excellent fell too, by 2 points to 73%, although this was, again, insufficient to offset improvements in other states, such as Kansas