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Iowa soybean harvest slightly behind average, corn ahead of schedule
Soybean harvest trails by three days due to halted Chinese purchases while corn harvest is four days ahead, USDA reports highlight shifting market challenges for Iowa farmers.
- USDA weekly data show Iowa soybean farmers harvested 17%, about three days behind the five‑year average, while corn farmers reached 15%, slightly ahead of normal.
- Trade data show farmers warn China halted purchases after buying 60% of Iowa soybean exports, pushing demand toward Argentina and Brazil amid tariffs by President Trump.
- Condition ratings reveal soybean acres at 55% good and 18% excellent, corn acres at 53% good and 18% excellent, with temperatures 8.1 degrees above normal advancing maturity.
- State officials urged farmers to continue harvest; Warren Bachman recently asked Senator Grassley for help and prefers free markets over federal payments.
- Monday's forecast suggests less than half an inch of rain this week and 0.41 inch weekly precipitation, with southeast Iowa soil mostly short or very short of moisture.
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Iowa soybean harvest slightly behind average, corn ahead of schedule
New harvest figures show Iowa soybean farmers are three days behind last year and the five-year average, while corn farmers are four days ahead of last year and one day ahead of the average.
·Des Moines, United States
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Iowa corn harvest slightly ahead of schedule, soybeans trail - Brownfield Ag News
Harvest is gaining momentum across Iowa. USDA’s latest weekly crop update shows soybeans running about three days behind the five-year average at 17 percent harvested. Corn harvest is slightly ahead of normal at 15 percent. In southwest Iowa, farmer Lee Brooke says about a third of his soybean crop is harvested and he’s combined about […] The post Iowa corn harvest slightly ahead of schedule, soybeans trail appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
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