While the current weather feels more like summer than early fall, farmers have gotten started with the fall harvest season. The most recent weekly update from USDA NASS estimates 3% of the corn grain crop harvested within Iowa. The featured map presents the statewide estimates and a percentage points departure from a simple ten year average. The corn crop is generally planted to maximize yield potential from the available growing season, so crops tend to only reach maturity just before climatology says killing frosts occur. The corn crop also needs time to dry down prior to harvest, so only so much progress is possible this early in the season for Iowa.

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