Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey says the latest U-S-D-A crop report shows good progress in the harvest, and he says he’s hearing good things about yields….
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The corn harvest is 10 days ahead of last year, but eight days behind average. The soybean harvest is one week ahead of last year, but one day behind average. Northey expects thing to move forward quite a bit this week….
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The big yield numbers are good, but a big yield could keep commodity prices down. Northey says a lot of that also depends on the harvest numbers across the grain belt.
