With the arrival of cooler weather, harvest season across northwest Iowa is beginning to wrap up, with average to above-average yield projections so far.
ISU extension field agronomist Leah Ten Napel told KLEM that most soybean and corn harvesting in the area is complete.
Harvest season this year has brought some challenges and pests for farmers. With warmer and wetter weather lasting later in the year, southern rust has become the biggest issue farmers have had to face.
Ten Napel says that waterhemp was a big problem for soybeans during the growing season.
Ten Napel says that soybeans have had average to above-average yields, while she says that corn yields have been much more variable so far.
