Drought Conditions Improve Slightly in Iowa – But More Rain is Needed
News Desk IOWA — The latest Drought Monitor report from the USDA shows conditions improved slightly in Iowa over the last week, but most of the state is still short on moisture.…
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Des Moines Water Works Urging Conservation as Drought Conditions Persist
DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines Water Works is expecting Iowa’s already dry conditions and drought to get even worse over the next few months. The Raccoon River is the…
Drought Conditions Worsen Statewide
DES MOINES, IOWA — Rain returned to Iowa in the last week, but it wasn’t enough to offset worsening drought conditions in the state right now. According to the USDA,…
Drought Concerns on Minds of Farmers Ahead of Planting Season
IOWA — In fewer than two months, Iowa farmers will return to their fields for the start of the 2021 planting season. For many in western Iowa, they will be…
Melting Snow Won’t Ease Iowa Drought Problems
DES MOINES, IOWA — Some Iowa farmers saw the worst drought conditions in nearly a decade last year. That drought developed over the course of just a few weeks due…
State Forester: Fall Colors to Differ Throughout the State Due to Drought, Derecho
DES MOINES, Iowa — We’re saying hello to Fall on Tuesday morning and that means the beautiful fall colors are right around the corner. Depending on where you are in…
Welcome Iowa Rains Present Challenge
AMES, Iowa — The rainfall this week has been a drastic change for Iowa farmers in a year of drought and derecho. The rainfall has some positive and negative impacts…
Drought Conditions Remain a Concern for Iowa Farmers
There was heavy rain for some parts of Iowa this last week but drought conditions are still a concern. David Geiger has more in the Agribusiness Report for September 9,…
Drought Worsens in Iowa, 99% of the State Now Affected
Iowa — Unless you live in Winnebago or the northwest corner of Worth County, chances are your yard or fields are overdue for some moisture. The latest drought monitor released…
Impacts of Drought and Derecho on Crops
AMES, Iowa — The summer of 2020 will go down as a year of the one-two punch against Iowa crops. Earlier in the summer conditions were really dry in west-central…
96% of Iowa Now in Drought Conditions After Another Dry Week
Iowa — The derecho isn’t the only thing that is hurting harvest prospects in Iowa right now. The weekly drought monitor released by the USDA and NOAA shows 96% of…
Iowa Farmers Face Triple Trouble
DES MOINES, Iowa — The weekly Drought Monitor Report came out showing the dry area expanding to where only over twelve per cent of the state is free of the…
Nearly Half of Iowa Now in Drought Conditions
Des Moines, Iowa — The area of the state considered under drought conditions by the USDA doubled in the last week. 41% of the state is now considered ‘Abnormally Dry’…