Northwest Iowa — Our harvest is nearing completion up here in northwest Iowa, but that’s not the case everywhere in the state.
Melissa Bond from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service tells us more about the statewide stats.
She gives us some more details about the dry conditions in Iowa.
She says while the harvest is ahead of schedule in the state as a whole, it’s even moreso in our corner of the state.
She says the average moisture content of Iowa corn has been 18 percent, and that 65 percent of the crop has been rated good to excellent. Bond says 88 percent of the state’s soybeans have been harvested, compared to 98 percent of the soybeans in northwest Iowa.
