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Early planted Eastern Iowa corn ‘chin to nose high’
Jun 23, 2017, 15:42 PM
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An eastern Iowa farmer says his earlier planted corn is doing well. John Maxwell of Donahue, Iowa, near the Quad Cities, tells Brownfield Ag News his best crop was planted between April 11 and April 15.
“That corn looks absolutely beautiful,” Maxwell told Brownfield Ag News Thursday. “I am about six feet, five inches tall, and it’s about chin to nose high on me.”
Rain after mid-April created a challenge for finishing corn and planting soybeans, according to Maxwell.
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