Crop emergence is being hindered by soil crusting in northern Iowa. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz says some heavy rains fells the last week of April. “So those highly-tilled soils, there’s not a lot of residue left (and) there’s not any soil structure left from tillage (so) they tend to crust over. The […]
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