Soil moisture conditions in southeast Iowa improved from last week to this week.

Currently subsoil moisture is 13% very short, 26% short, 59% adequate and two percent surplus. Last week only 54% was adequate to surplus. At this time topsoil moisture in southeast Iowa is rated at four percent very short, 12% short, 81% adequate, and three percent surplus. At this time last year Iowa’s topsoil moisture was 22% very short and 27% short.