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Cool pattern persists across the Corn Belt
Aug 31, 2017, 14:45 PM
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Across the Corn Belt, generally cool, dry weather prevails. Only 6% of the nation’s corn crop had reached full maturity by August 27, compared to the 5-year average of 10%. And, only 2% of the corn was mature in Illinois, 12 percentage points behind the average.
On the Plains, mostly dry weather continues to promote fieldwork and summer crop maturation. Isolated showers are limited to the northern High Plains, where a late-season heat wave is maintaining stress on rangeland and pastures.
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