Northern Plains farmers have been dealing with excessive moisture this year along with harvest delays. Iowa State University Extension Field Agronomist Paul Kassel who covers 10 counties in Northwest Iowa says drying costs for the corn will be up this year.

He says harvest for corn and soybeans are two weeks late. Kassel says the corn that did get in is looking good but whether farmers will make any money with it is the main question.

Kassel says they did have some good weather which allowed soybean harvest to begin, however about half of those beans have yet to be harvested.

Kassel says producers are hoping for conditions to be similar to 2009 when they had a lot of rain in October but then had good weather in November that allowed harvest to get completed in late November and early December.