With rain again pouring down over the Midwestern US, one continues to wonder when the corn crop harvest will come to a completion. A late maturing crop along with cold and wet weather and even snow have all conspired to put progress well behind normal. The featured map presents the latest USDA NASS update on corn harvest progress along with an IEM computed departure against the average of the previous ten years. While the situation in Iowa is not good, things are worse to our north including a mind boggling departure shown in North Dakota.

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