This information was summarized from a June 14 teleconference with ISU extension field specialists in crops.

• Rainfall across the state during the past week ranged from none to 7 inches. In northeastern Iowa, Brian Lang reported that some of the heaviest rainfall occurred in areas that had severe flooding earlier this spring. Some areas received hail that caused scattered crop damage. Virgil Schmitt (east central) reported five hailstorms in 8 days, but few fields will need to be replanted.
• There are 10 to 30 percent of soybean fields to be planted or replanted in some counties of southern Iowa according to Jim Jensen, Mark Carlton, and Mike White.
• Infestations of black cutworms in some fields were more severe than reported last week. Some replanting has occurred. Mark Carlton (southeast) gave an example of from 5,000 to 7,000 plants remaining in a field heavily infested with black cutworm.
• Joel DeJong and Paul Kassel (northwest) report that white grubs are still a problem. Paul reported that one 30-acre field had to be replanted because of extensive white grub damage.
• During the past week there were more reports of European corn borer adults flying. Mike White (south central) reported that first-generation females were laying eggs in V7 corn.
• Rhizoctonia root rot and damping-off have been problems in some soybean fields.
• First-cut alfalfa and hay harvest is progressing but is being hampered by rainfall. Some hay has been rain damaged in the field. Alfalfa weevils are still being observed and in some areas the potato leafhopper problem has worsened.
• In general, small grains are still looking good. Leaf diseases are being reported on oats and wheat. Mark Carlton (southeast) reported that about 25 percent of the oats are being harvested for forage.
• The table presents estimates of the average crop growth stage as reported by field specialists' area of the state. Note: V1, V2, etc., refer to the vegetative stage; numerals refer to the number of visible leaf collars on the corn plant. For soybean, V1 and V2 refer to the number of fully developed leaf nodes (i.e., leaflets expanded above the top node).