The fall harvest season is nearly over, and those in agriculture in Iowa are hoping to put the difficulties they’ve been facing this fall from bad weather and economic troubles behind them.

With over 96 percent of crops collected, state Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig tells KNIA/KRLS News things have moved slowly in the southern part of the state, making the season run late.

“Three words we’d like to put behind us: variability, uncertainty and extreme…(would) be the three that folks might talk about this year,” Naig says. “And I think the weather certainly gave us some challenges from a crop standpoint — too dry in the south, too wet in the north. And yet some parts of the state saw phenomenal yields, in fact record or near-record yields.”

Naig says prices aren’t where farmers would like to see them, due to uncertainty about tariffs, renewable fuels and farm policy, prices have been low and farmers continue to be concerned.

He’s hoping to see some movement on resolving trade issues as the new year approaches.