(Des Moines, IA) — Mother Nature is cooperating with Iowa farmers during the fall harvest. The USDA reports nearly 30 percent of the corn harvest is now complete statewide – which is eight days ahead of normal. That number was at 19 percent two weeks ago. Fifty-six percent of the soybean crop has been harvested. Farmers were able to bring in 16-percent more beans last week. Soybeans are nine days ahead of the five-year average.
