With warmer weather coming more crops will be planted across Iowa. 

Guthrie County Extension Field Agronomist Mike Witt says the added moisture from all the rainfall is going to help the emergence of crops but the cold conditions have slowed things down. Witt tells Raccoon Valley Radio what he expects next week when temperatures start to climb. 

“Corn and soybeans are going to start moving and growing at an exceptionally fast rate. So what farmers need to be prepared for is we are later in the season if there’s any replant decisions or any of those type of things that farmers are going to have to look at. Those decisions are going to have to be made fairly quickly.”

Witt says 80 percent of soybeans have been planted in the area along with 95 percent of corn. He adds that at this time last year there were more crops planted and they were a lot larger. According to the Iowa Crop and Condition report, farmers have had 5.4 suitable field work days during the week that ended on May 22.