Harvest is progressing quickly with cooperative weather and early yield reports are quite variable in the region on soybeans. Jeff Frank farms in north central Iowa near Auburn. He says he ran a soil moisture deficit of 10 inches this season on his farm but caught a few timely rains in August that benefitted the soybean crop. So, his yields have been better than expected.

Brent Renner also farms in north central Iowa at Klemme and says he has seen huge variability in the early beans that he has combined.

However, he says with the limited moisture he had this season some of higher end yields are a welcome surprise.

Frank and Renner say both soybeans and corn have been drying down fast and some corn has standability issues which will make harvest scheduling a challenge.