How Do You Spell "Plummet" - Crop Conditions Dive In Past Week; U.S. Corn In Top 2 Grades Drops 8%

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8. No. Little to no irrigation used in Iowa.

Even when the corn is doing badly it is green. Not as beautiful and lush and green as usual, but still green. The corn in my area of the state (far NE corner) is not looking so good. Most is curling pretty badly by now. Beans are starting to look wilty.

As CoffeeCat said, the weather is awful and we have already been baking for several days straight. Today through Friday are expected to be the worst yet with highs of 100 or more and heat indices up to 115. Night time lows are only reaching the mid to upper 70's. Some relief in the temps is forecast to come around Sunday and the beginning of the week (back to mid-upper 80's), but there is almost nothing in the forecast for rain chances. With so many consecutive days of sweltering heat we are losing soil moisture rapidly and everything is baking to a crisp. We desperately need a very good dose of rain and some milder temps.