The wet spring and extensive flooding caused some well founded fears about the state of Iowa's crop production. With the wettest weather ending in the second week of June, it was right on the edge of feasibility in terms of replanting corn. Soybeans can be planted later but, in some cases, fields had been treated with a fertilizer and herbicide regimen optimized for corn.
Here's a primer from the folks over in Ames.
But after a downright grumpy spring (there was the F5 tornado in New Hartford too), the Heavens have been smiling on the corn and beans for the last 8 weeks or so.
Iowa, once more, is projected to be the #1 producer in the nation.
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