DES MOINES, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - Most farmers in Iowa are finished with corn and soybean harvest or have just a handful of acres left in the field, according to average harvest rates.

Exact data is not available due to the ongoing government shutdown, which paused crop progress and condition reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

At this point in the season last year , corn harvest was 92% which was nearly a week ahead of the 2023 harvest and two weeks ahead of the five-year average. Soybeans were 98% complete this time last year.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said farmers have typically harvested 96% of soybean acres and 85% of corn acres by the first week of November.

Naig said in the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s weekly wea

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