A band about 10 miles wide including Hwy 34 got hit very hard out in the country not so bad in the towns where the trees got hit but protected buildings to a degree. North of Lenox, 50 plus grain bins along with legs will need replaced. Hail as usual was terrible in places that got hit. Lot of metal sheds are strung out in fields.
2026 crop year
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Here in the Southern Iowa swamp, we've had another rain today (Saturday 10;30 am). March was very dry and warm. April rained every week 10", May first two weeks dry then rain every few days the last two weeks totaling 5". June it's rained 9 of 12 days totaling 8+". The corn is a normal stand but the side hills and flats are yellow and need side dressed but we can't get in. I saw one play flying on dry this week but I doubt many will go that route. We've got a lot of replanting to do but it's too late for the corn and it will be a week of dry weather before we can get on the beans. The grass is so tall and headed out it's dangerous to check cows because you can run over a calf and can't see the calves to check anyway.
Not sure about west of FD, but we farm east and NE of FD and everything’s loving life at the moment- except for a couple of bean fields that haven’t bounced back from being sprayed yet.
I was driving down by Stanhope last weekend and there were a few corn fields that looked absolutely wind/hail shredded
North of Fort Dodge crops need a drink. Beans are smaller than I'd like, partially for that reason... also because a couple fields are working through the nice dose of dicamba they got.
Talked with Amish today about 10 acres of beans that appeared stunted after it was sprayed (think it was herbicide, not roundup). They said the cooperative told them that it was the same mix as the rest of the field, which was perfect, however, the last 10 acres they took a break and the mix sat in the field in the sun for a couple of hours. They think the sun and/or heat took some of the dilution out of it. Never heard that before.
My guess is mild sprayer contamination. Something like Liberty sat in the tank and scoured a little harmful herbicide residue lurking in the walls or on the lines.
