Naig comments on crop progress report

Naig comments on crop progress report

DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Corn Crop Progress and Condition Update - Southern Farm Network

The progress continues for this year’s corn crop, even with a mix of weather trends across the Corn Belt this past week. “We’ve had a lot of rain in the western part of the Corn Belt, been trending drier further east,” USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says. For the period ending August 10, Rippey reports: “Corn reaching the dough stage, passing the halfway point during the week and reaching 58% of the acreage — exactly equal to the five-year avera…