Beneficial weather has helped ease drought conditions in Iowa.

Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says the state has seen much-needed rain.

“Especially in western Iowa and northwest Iowa. And you couple that timely rain with some cooler temperatures right when those tassels were starting to pop on corn, you just could not have ordered it up any better.”

But he tells Brownfield a hot, dry forecast through at least the end of July has him concerned.

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