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Iowa’s harvest still running behind

Dry weather last week allowed Iowa farmers to make good progress on harvest.

Soybean harvest advanced to 77 percent, about a week behind average, while corn harvest stood at 52 percent, four days behind the five-year average.

According to the latest crop progress report, farmers in southwest and south-central Iowa still have over one-half of their soybean crop to harvest.

Grain movement from farm to elevator was rated 12 percent none, 25 percent light, 37 percent moderate and 26 percent heavy. Off-farm grain storage availability rated 20 percent short, 75 percent adequate and 5 percent surplus. On-farm grain storage availability rated 26 percent short, 70 percent adequate and 4 percent surplus.