Iowa Harvest Makes some Progress with Dry Days

Iowa harvest makes some progress with dry days

Farmers finally got more than one day in the fields and made some progress in the harvest last week. The U.S.D.A. report shows there were five-and-a-half days suitable for fieldwork as things dried out. Soybeans made the biggest jump, with 31% now harvested, compared to 5%t last week. The bean harvest is now 28% behind […]

Recent rainfall in Iowa leads to a positive trend in the crop report

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa farmers made significant harvest progress last week despite battling wet field conditions following one of the wettest September's on record.Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said farmers took advantage of warm, mostly dry weather to get…

The sun finally shines and the harvest begins in earnest across Iowa

There were 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork in the past week.

With drier weather, farmers make some progress on harvest - Enterprise Media

After an incredibly wet September with just a handful of days suitable for field work, the first full week of October brought drier, warmer conditions that allowed farmers to make some progress on corn and soybean harvests. According to the crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 14% of Iowa corn acres and 31% of Iowa […] The post With drier weather, farmers make some progress on harvest first appeared on Ente…

Farmers finally got more than one day in the fields and made some progress in the harvest last week

Farmers finally got more than one day in the fields and made some progress in the harvest last week. Radio Iowa's Dar Danielson reports. The U-S-D-A report shows there were five-and-a-half days suitable for fieldwork as things dried out. Soybeans made the biggest jump, with 31 percent now harvested, compared to five percent last week. The bean harvest is now 28 percent behind the five-year average, compared to 33 percent last week The amount of …

Iowa Corn Harvest 20 Points Behind Pace After Wet September

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa farmers made significant harvest progress last week during warm, mostly dry weather, but wet fields left over from one of the wettest Septembers on record …