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CENTRAL IOWA FARMERS. THE NEW CROP REPORT FROM THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY IN THE FIELDS WITH THE COMBINE. ����vlog BEAU BOWMAN IS LIVE TONIGHT. AFTER SPEAKING WITH SOME WHO ARE READY TO GO AND EXPLAINS WHY THE CORN IS READY TO BE HARVESTED. BO. YEAH. JODI. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON YOUR LOCATION AND THE WEATHER YOU’VE HAD THIS SUMMER. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THIS CORN BEHIND US IN POLK COUNTY. THERE’S STILL JUST A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN LEFT ON THOSE STOCKS. OBVIOUSLY NOT READY YET, BUT WE WERE IN STORY COUNTY EARLIER TODAY WHERE SOME OF THE CROP HAD DRIED OUT TO THE POINT OF BEING READY, AND THAT WINDOW IS JUST OPENING FOR THOSE COMBINES TO GET OUT INTO THE FIELD. IT CAN BE A LONG DAY, BUT MY GOODNESS, THIS IS MORE COMFORTABLE THAN MY LIVING ROOM. IT’S THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR STORY COUNTY FARMER BRIAN SAMPSON, WHO FIRST GOT HIS COMBINE INTO HIS CORNFIELD TUESDAY. HE’S ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE STATE WHOSE CROP IS READY TO BE HARVESTED. SAMPSON CREDITS THAT TO THE RAIN DURING PRIME GROWING SEASON AND A PERFECT AUGUST RECORD. RAINFALL IN JUNE AND JULY, AND AUGUST WAS REALLY PRETTY NICE. THE NEW CROP REPORT, ISSUED THIS WEEK BY THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SAYS ONLY A FEW POCKETS OF FIELDS ARE READY FOR HARVEST, BUT IT ADDS THAT 80% OF ALL CORN IN THE STATE IS DENTED. THE PENULTIMATE GROWING STAGE. THAT’S FIVE DAYS AHEAD OF 2024, BUT EQUAL TO THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE. I WOULDN’T SAY IT’S AVERAGE. I WOULD SAY IT’S A LITTLE EARLY. MOST OF SAMPSON’S CORN IS USED TO FEED HIS OWN CATTLE. HE ONLY TAKES ABOUT ONE FIFTH OF IT TO MARKET. THAT’S WHY HE TARGETS HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS IN HIS CROP. AROUND 20 TO 25%. SAMPSON SAYS FOLKS WHO SELL OFF MORE OF THEIR YIELD TYPICALLY WAIT FOR DRIER CONDITIONS. I GET TO FILL MY SILO AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS FOR SOME HIGH MOISTURE CORN. IF I WAS JUST GOING TO BEND IT, I PROBABLY WOULDN’T BE STARTING YET, SAMPSON SAYS. THIS IS ABOUT 1 TO 2 WEEKS EARLIER FOR HIS FARM, AND WITH HOTTER DAYS AHEAD IN THE FORECAST, IT COULD CONTINUE TO DRY UP, LEAVING MORE PERFECT CONDITIONS IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND AS THE GOLDEN KERNELS FALL INTO THE TRAILER, SAMPSON SAYS THE WEATHER THIS YEAR IS UNLIKE ANYTHING HE CAN REMEMBER. ALWAYS HAD PLENTY OF MOISTURE, AND WE’RE USUALLY HAVE A DRY SPELL. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS THAT YOU’RE HURTING FOR MOISTURE. YEAH, NEVER HAD THAT. SO SAMPSON SAYS HE GOT INTO THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON TUESDAY. AND THESE FIRST COUPLE DAYS WILL PROBABLY BE SLOW AND HOPEFULLY IN A WEEK OR TWO, IT’S READY WHERE IT’S TO THE POINT WHERE HE CAN REALLY GET AFTER IT. WE’RE LIVE IN POLK COUNTY.