Mild weather pushes corn harvest a week ahead of last year

Posted 9/27/23

A large swath of Iowa received rainfall this week reducing the days suitable for fieldwork to 5.3 during the week ending September 24, 2023, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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