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Farmers Advised to Check Yields

Numbers for soybeans and corn maybe different than what is estimated.

Forrest Hakes' farm in Jefferson Township in Warren County, Iowa. Farm maintained by Foster Jorchett.

Men stand in front of crops at Forrest Hakes' farm in Jefferson Township in Warren County, Iowa. Farm maintained by Foster Jorchett.

Tags: Crops, Farmland, Forrest Hakes Farm, Foster Jorchett, Soil and Water Conservation, Warren County

Hail damaged corn in Cherokee County, Iowa.

Photo of hail damaged cornfield in Cherokee County, Iowa.

Tags: Agriculture, Cherokee County Iowa, Corn, Crops, Farmland, Hail Damage, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation, Water Conservation

No till field on the Luetkeman farm.

Photo of a no till field on the Luetkeman farm in Cherokee County, Iowa.

Tags: Agriculture, Cherokee County Iowa, Crops, Farmland, Luetkeman Farm, No-Till, Soil and Water Conservation

No Till Planted Corn into Standing Wheat.

No till planted corn into standing wheat on the Pepperwood Farms, planted by Elbert Goode in Warren County, Iowa.

Tags: Crops, Diverted Acres, Elbert Goode, No Till Crop, Pepperwood Farms, Soil and Water Conservation, Warren County, Wheat

No-till corn on corn.

No-till corn on corn planted with A.C. planter. Farmer Ken Hester planting on contour in a field with grass back slope terraces.

Site location is Crescent, Iowa in Pottawattamie County.

Tags: Agriculture, Conservation Tillage, Corn, Crops, Farmland, Gene Alexander, Ken Hester, No Till Crop, Soil and Water Conservation, West Pottawattamie County Iowa

No-Till Field with Spring Beans Sprouting.

No-till field with spring beans sprouting in Dickinson County, Iowa.

Tags: Crops, Dickinson County, No Till, Soil and Water Conservation

No-till planting beans into corn.

No-till planting beans into corn in Delaware County, Iowa. Soil losses in a corn-soybean rotation can be reduced by 60-75% if no-till is used rather than conventional tillage. This photo shows soybeans growing through last year's corn residue.

Tags: Agriculture, Crop Rotation, Crops, Delaware County Iowa, Farmland, No Till Crop, Soil and Water Conservation