DES MOINES, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - Iowa farmers are near the end of harvest season for corn and soybean crops following yet another week of above-average temperatures in the state.

While crop progress and condition reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have not been issued since the start of the current government shutdown, reports from past years show farmers are typically more than halfway done with corn harvest and more than 80% complete with soybean harvest at this point in October.

In 2024, Iowa farmers had harvested 68% of corn acres and 91% of soybean acres for the mid-October reporting period.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said in a statement that harvest was “on pace this year and maybe even a little ahead of schedule.”

Iowa Farmers Union Pres

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