The soybean harvest is 99-percent complete in parts of northwest Iowa, well ahead of schedule.
Iowa State University Extension field agronomist Joel DeJong says things went very quickly due to the exceptionally dry conditions.
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The region’s soybean yields would have been better if only they’d gotten more moisture.
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DeJong says the corn harvest in northwest Iowa is about half-way through and the yields are also mixed.
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Next to the lack of rain, DeJong says the biggest problem faced by northwest Iowa corn farmers was corn rootworm damage — which greatly cut into yields.