Harvest is underway across the Corn Belt, but a wetter-than-expected fall has created new challenges for growers, particularly in Iowa. Meaghan Anderson, a field agronomist with Iowa State University Extension, says widespread September rainfall has shifted the focus from getting an early start to getting the crop out before conditions worsen.
Anderson says some of the season’s yield potential may have been affected much earlier during pollination.
She says excess moisture also contributed to disease issues that showed up later in the growing season…