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Iowa’s harvest pace lags

Soft and muddy fields continue to hamper harvest activities in Iowa and it’s reflected in the state’s latest crop progress report.

As of Sunday, 19 percent of corn was harvested, one week behind the five-year average. Soybean harvest stood at 43 percent, compared to 54 percent normal.

“Despite the rain showers that rolled across the state last week farmers were able to make some harvest progress, combining nine percent of the state’s corn crop and 22 percent of the bean crop,” said Iowa ag secretary Bill Northey. “Hopefully we can get a run of dry weather that will let farmers get in the field and get the crop out in a timely manner.”