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Iowa harvest progress is ahead of normal

Virtually Iowa’s entire corn crop is now mature according to the weekly report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service Iowa Field Office. Forty-five percent of the corn crop has been harvested for grain or seed, four days behind last year but eight days ahead of average. The condition of the crop stands at sixty-one percent average to good.

Soybean harvest is now eighty-seven percent complete, slightly behind last year, but over two weeks ahead of normal. Over three-quarters of the soybean crop has been harvested in all districts except the South Central.

Grain movement remains brisk, with fifty-four percent of the state seeing moderate to heavy grain movement from farm to elevator.

Hay supplies are considered short in twenty-one percent of Iowa. Some livestock producers are moving cattle to stalk fields as well as feeding hay as pasture conditions are poor.

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