USDA's National Ag Statistics Service (NASS) will update harvested acreage information for corn and soybeans in Iowa in preparation for the September 11 Crop Production report, the agency said Monday, saying the two crops “have been particularly impacted by the recent derecho.”
NASS said the additional data “will help to better assess the full impact” of the storm that rolled across the state August 10. “If the newly collected data justifies any changes, NASS will publish updated harvested acreage estimates in the September report,” the agency said.
USDA reported in its Crop Progress report that condition ratings for Iowa corn put 59% of the crop in good/excellent condition as of August 16, down from 69% the prior week, with 17% rated in poor/very poor condition versus 8% the prior week. Soybean also fell, with 62% good/excellent and 12% poor/very poor versus ratings one week ag that were 70% good/excellent and 7% poor/very poor.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said Monday that USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) reported 57 counties in Iowa were in the path of the storm. In those counties, there are 14 million acres of insured crops, including 8.2 million acres of corn and 5.6 million acres of soybeans “that may have been impacted.” The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship MODIS satellite imagery and preliminary storm reports from the Storm Prediction Center signal 36 counties were hardest hit, the agency said, and “likely had the greatest impact on 3.57 million acres of corn and 2.5 million acres of soybeans.”
Beyond the damage to crops, Naig said the state has lost “tens of millions of bushels of grain storage” just weeks before harvest was to start.
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