The drought relinquished its stranglehold on several Midwestern states this fall, including Iowa.

Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig tells Brownfield much of the state spent the summer suffering from severe drought.

“When you think about where we’ve come from, it’s been amazing. As we’ve come through the fall months, even though it did slow some folks down from a harvest standpoint, (rain) was exactly what we needed from a soil moisture standpoint.”

He says a mild start to winter also helped.

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