The harvest [crop] has been prepared…

Iowa harvest behind schedule due to ‘extremely soggy’ conditions

Sep 23 2026

"Corn maturity reached 56% during the reporting period, putting it behind last year’s crop which had 63% maturity by the reporting period. Corn maturity was only 2 percentage points behind the five-year average for the period. Nearly all, 95%, of corn acres have dented, which is one percentage point ahead of the 2025 crop and the five-year average."

https://www.hometowncurrent.com/news/iowa-harvest-behind-schedule-due-to-extremely-soggy-conditions/article_feb983f7-54b9-4047-98cf-e0e94cd484a7.html