It is that time of year that farmers are spending a large amount of their time in their fields to get crops out.

Iowa State University Extension Field Agronomist Mike Witt says that harvest is progressing smoothly in Guthrie County. He shares that progress has gone further in some areas than in others.

“So soybeans we’re probably in that 75 percent done range, plus or minus a little bit. And with corn, we’re nowhere near as far as that. We might be in that 30 percent range. There’s a lot of corn acres that are still out there. They are moving pretty fast, but farmers are starting to run into some issues with some backlogs with the grain and some of those things that they’re getting in. So, the corn harvest is just going to take a little bit more time, but soybeans have moved right along.”

Witt tells Raccoon Valley Radio that the reason farmers have been able to get so far is because of the dry conditions that have been present since the end of September. He mentions that grains have actually been dry enough, that some farmers are able to take their harvest to sell at market, while others are able to store it and wait for better prices without incurring the cost of drying it themselves.