The weekly USDA NASS crop progress update released on Monday estimated the corn harvest in Iowa at 95% done. The featured chart presents the yearly time series of this metric expressed as a grid of daily values interpolated from the weekly reports. The white X denotes the 95% value for each of the previous years. This year is ahead of or close to the pace of each year since 2012. The outliers of 2009, 2019 (late maturity and horrible harvest conditions) and 2012 (very early maturity and drought conditions) are easily distinguishable within the chart. The good news for the folks with corn yet to harvest is that warmer weather is forecast later next week, so getting rid of the snow is generally a good thing to help finish up the harvest.

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