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Corn, soybean harvest in Indiana is ahead of the five-year average  

The USDA says that nearly ideal weather in Indiana last week allowed harvest to progress at a rapid pace.

Growers continue to harvest corn, soybeans, popcorn, processing vegetables, seed corn, and harvest.

According to the latest USDA Crop and Weather report, 81 percent of the corn crop was mature, and 80 percent of soybeans were dropping leaves, both ahead of the five-year average.

Eighteen percent of the corn crop has been harvested and soybean harvest is 13 percent complete.

The fourth cutting of alfalfa hay was nearly 64 percent complete.