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Glisan: Parts of Iowa very wet, other parts very dry
Iowa’s climatologist says crops are under stress in some areas of the state while others are flourishing.
Justin Glisan is with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship…
“There are parts that are extremely wet – eastern Iowa and parts of southern Iowa, he said. “Then we have drier parts of the state up northwest and west-central. We introduced D2 severe drought into portions of Ida, Sac, and Calhoun counties.”
Speaking to Brownfield at the 2026 Iowa State Fair, he said agronomists are expecting the crop in northwest Iowa to pull through.
“The crops are holding on pretty well given how dry conditions are,” Glisan said. “We’ve had stations up there year to date that have had about 50-to-55% of normal precipitation. It’s dry up there. I should mention that pastures are probably gone for the driest parts of the state up that way.”
Glisan says Iowa has been in a “ring of fire” configuration with high pressure to the south that is funneling moisture and disturbances directly through the state.
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