The amount of corn harvested increased last week, but is still below 50 precent. Radio Iowa’s Dar Danielson reports.
The U-S-D-A report says there was almost a whole week of suitable weather for the harvest and the amount of corn harvested went from 26 to percent 47 percent. That is still 20 percent behind the five-year average for corn. The soybean harvest continues to be out ahead, moving from 57 to 78 percent complete in the last week. The bean harvest is now just six percent behind the five-year average compared to 17 percent last week.
