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Iowa farmers finishing up soybean harvest

Ag Secretary Mike Naig says soybean harvest is wrapping up and Iowa farmers are making big strides toward finishing corn harvest.

In a release following USDA’s latest weekly crop report, Naig says while dry conditions have helped push harvest along, moderate drought continues to spread and is now covering nearly half the state.

Soybean harvest reached 88 percent complete as of Sunday, well ahead of the five-year average.

Corn harvest is 59 percent done, one day ahead of last year and eight days ahead of normal.

Farmers are also working ground and applying fertilizer.

There were also reports of field fires because of the dryness.