Warm, dry weather helped Iowa farmers make strong harvest progress last week, according to the latest Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The warm and dry weather is allowing farmers to make good progress on corn and soybean harvest. With the favorable weather expected to hold through next week, farmers should be able to continue making harvest headway, though conditions may be a bit dusty. The corn harvest reached 15 percent complete, pacing four days ahead of last year and three days ahead of the five-year average. Ninety-five percent of soybeans were coloring, and 83 percent were dropping leaves, a few days ahead of normal.