Photo credit: Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Millions of acres of corn in Iowa and Illinois were flattened by last Monday’s intense derecho windstorm. 

Iowa State Extension field agronomist Meaghan Anderson spent the week evaluating the damage in central Iowa. She says it varies considerably from field-to-field and within fields.

“I just got a photo of a field that looks like it is 100 percent snapped off, or nearly 100 percent snapped off—and in other fields, it may depend on what part of the field you’re looking at,” Anderson says.

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