Survey of August 2026: Making or Breaking Field Crops?

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The 2026 growing season started and continues with intense rain events that dropped 3 to 6 inches in a single day, which was impressive in its own right. Unfortunately, these intense storms have continued all season long. Historic rains and floods settled across many counties of Indiana in the past few weeks with single events dumping 8 to 15 inches of rain. The effect on corn and soybeans at this point of the season is unchartered waters.

Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey to provide insight to the impact to your fields/area and distribution of the extreme weather in August 2026. We welcome all responses from those who were fortunate to get timely rains to those affected by straight line winds to those in the epicenter of historic floods. We would like to partner with you to track crop response to this historic weather. If you would like assistance in the field, you can provide your contact information at the end of the survey (closes August 31st).

If you have agriculture damage, contact the local USDA Farm Service Agency (www.fsa.usda.gov/fsa-office-locator).

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Figure 1. Rainfall total for Indiana from Aug 1-20, 2026 (Generated through Midwest Climate Center).

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