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Iowa Governor Allows Overweight, Oversized Grain Loads

Proclamation is for 60 days of the harvest season

November 30, 2020

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Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a proclamation allowing overweight and oversized grain loads for 60 days of the harvest season, reports KCRG.

It allows vehicles that transport corn, soybeans, straw, hay, silage, and stover to be up to 90,000 pounds gross weight without a permit to be hauled.

The proclamation begins September 15 and ends November 13.

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