Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig is predicting Iowa will retain its spot as the number one corn producing state, despite challenging weather conditions in some areas.

The U-S-D-A’s latest crop and weather report shows some corn fields in northwest and west-central Iowa were damaged by heavy rain, hail and strong winds in the past week, but 60 percent of Iowa’s corn crop is still rated in good or excellent condition

Sixty-one percent of Iowa SOYBEANS are in that good or excellent category.