(Radio Iowa) – Weather conditions are ideal for harvest and Iowa farmers are able to move at a quick pace this year. Andy Sabers farms north of Manchester and says it’s not often they’re blessed with day after day of sunshine and warm temperatures during fall.

Combine harvesting corn. (ISU Extension photo)

Alan Atwater farms southwest of Manchester and says the harvest work has pretty much been non-stop since they started.

The latest U-S-D-A crop report shows 22-percent of the state’s corn has been harvested, a day ahead of normal, while the soybean harvest has reached 58-percent complete, one week ahead of average. Cooler temperatures are in the forecast, and dry weather is expected to continue into next week.