According to the USDA, corn and soybean harvest progress each remained at four year seasonal high levels through the week ending Oct 18^th. Corn harvest progress finished above analyst expectations however soybean harvest progress finished below expectations. Corn: Corn maturation as of the week ending Oct 18^th was 97% completed, finishing ahead of last year’s pace of 82% completed and the five year average pace of 94% completed. Corn harvest progress as of the week ending Oct 18^th was 60% completed, finishing ahead of last year’s pace of 28% completed and the five year average pace of 43% completed. Corn harvest progress reached a four year seasonal high level, finishing above analyst expectations of 54% completed. 61% of the current corn crop was identified to be in good or excellent condition as of the week ending Oct 18^th, unchanged from the previous week. 14% of the current corn crop was identified as poor or very poor, also unchanged from the previous week. 24% of the Iowa corn crop was identified to be in poor or very poor condition as of the week ending Oct 18^th, down two percent from the previous week. Millions of acres of Iowa corn and soybean crops were heavily damaged by the early August derecho. 47% of the Iowa corn crop was identified to be in good or excellent condition, up three percent from the previous year but remaining at a seven year seasonal low level. Soybeans: Soybean leaf dropping was 97% completed as of the week ending Oct 18^th, finishing ahead of last year’s pace of 91% completed and the five year average pace of 95% completed. Soybean harvest progress as of the week ending Oct 18^th was 75% completed, finishing ahead of last year’s pace of 40% completed and the five year average pace of 58% completed. Soybean harvest progress reached a four year seasonal high level but finished below analyst expectations of 80% completed.