About 42% of the state’s corn crop and 74% of its soybeans have been harvested this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday.
That is up from 30% of corn and 52% of soybeans a week ago. Harvest progress has been stymied by significant rainfall in the past week.
“Stations across Iowa’s northern half received more than a month’s worth of rainfall,” wrote State Climatologist Justin Glisan in his weekly weather summary.
Wide areas of northwest and far eastern Iowa had tremendous rainfall. The highest was 5.29 inches in Sioux Rapids, Glisan reported. The lowest was 0.07.