Farmers saw one of the driest weeks so far in the harvest season and they were able to get a lot done.

The U-S-D-A crop report says there were five days suitable for fieldwork last week.  The corn harvest more than doubled with 15 percent of the corn now out of the fields — compared to seven percent last week. That is still 11 days behind the average harvest. The biggest gain came in the soybean harvest — which went from 17 percent to 48 percent harvested in the last week. That is now four days ahead of last year and five days behind average. The corn condition is rated 66 percent good to excellent — with the soybeans rated at 65 percent good to excellent.