The harvest of Iowa’s crops was slowed significantly by rainfall toward the end of October, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Through Sunday, 85-percent of the state’s corn crop was harvested. Despite all of the wet weather, that’s 10 days ahead of last year and two days ahead of the five-year average. Ninety-six percent of the soybean crop has been harvested. That’s equal to the five-year average, but eight days ahead of last year.

Last week was Iowa’s wettest week in over a month-and-a-half. The USDA reports Iowa farmers, on average, had a little over 4 “suitable” days for fieldwork last week. Marion County received the most rain at 2.86 inches. There are areas of southwest and south-central Iowa where over 30 percent of the corn and 10 percent of the soybean crop remains to be harvested.

(Radio Iowa)