Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Field Agronomists have completed their spring survey of subsoil moisture in Northwest Iowa.
Area Agronomist Leah Ten Napel says the levels in Northwest Iowa are about average overall…
Readings in soils at ten sites in nine Northwest Iowa locations show a range from 6.98 to 10.25 inches of plant available moisture. Rolfe is at 7.5 inches, Schaller 8.3, Newell 8.7, and Battle Creek 9.2. She says there was quite a range…
Ten Napel says 10 to 11 inches of plant available moisture is considered a full soil profile…
The survey was taken on April 14th, so additional rainfall since then adds to the profile.
The full details of the Subsoil Moisture Survey can be found on the ISU Extension and Outreach website.
(thanks to Community First Broadcasting station KSOU in Sioux Center)
