Thursday 8th May 2025

Iowa State University Extension field agronomist Mike Witt discusses the drought’s impact on corn during a drought meeting in Audubon, Iowa.

Farmers in central and west-central Iowa have been dealing with severe drought this summer. 

Greg Jensen, who farms near Hamlin, Iowa, says it’s the worst drought he’s seen in his 45 years of farming—even worse than 2012.

“In 2012, we got lucky in our area. We were dry, but it wasn’t too bad for us.

    

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