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IOWA STATE EXPERTS REPORT HARVEST "BETTER THAN EXPECTED"
Sep. 28, 2012
Source: Iowa State University
Despite drought conditions this summer, ISU corn and soybean experts say this year's crop yield is likely to turn out better than many expected - though it will snap a streak of record U.S. harvests.
"Compared to some of the gloom-and-doom predictions, this crop fared a little better," said Chad Hart, ISU Extension and Outreach grain markets specialist. "It bodes well that we can have a severe drought and production can still carry on."
Extension and Outreach corn specialist Roger Elmore agreed, noting that high demand and therefore high commodity prices will take away some of the financial sting for farmers.
"When you put corn under stress it matures faster and usually looks uglier," he said, adding that the drought stress will lead to greater yield variability from one field to the next. "The plants shut down faster, and you start losing leaves."
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