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Harvest is underway in Iowa

The harvest is underway in Iowa.

“Combines are just starting to get rolling with five percent of soybeans now harvested,” says Iowa ag secretary Bill Northey, “and I would expect more farmers will be getting in the field this week.”

Some combining of corn was also taking place, but not enough as of yet to register in the weekly crop progress report.

Other activities during the past week included planting of cover crops, spreading manure, hauling grain. Farmers were also finishing up chopping corn silage, harvesting seed corn and cutting hay.