This year’s crop looks good as farmers prepare for harvest. According to this week’s crop progress and condition report, over 50 percent of corn in this part of the state is mature, ahead of last year, but behind the five year average. Thirty-seven percent of southeast Iowa’s soybeans are dropping leaves, which is near the state average and ahead of last year. Most of the state’s corn and soybean acreage remains in good or excellent condition.