Variable precipitation allowed Iowa farmers 4.1 days of suitable fieldwork last week according to the latest Crop Progress and Condition report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. 

Field activities included harvesting, baling corn stalks, applying fertilizer and anhydrous and fall tillage. Ninety-one percent of Iowa’s corn for grain has been harvested, four days ahead of the five-year average. Moisture content of field corn being harvested for grain was 17%. Farmers in south central Iowa still have over 20% of their corn for grain yet to harvest. Iowa’s soybean crop harvest is virtually complete at 97%. No issues with livestock were reported and some cattle have been put out on corn stalks.