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Heat wave ends across the Corn Belt
Sep 27, 2017, 09:58 AM
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Across the Corn Belt, shower activity is diminishing as a cold front—currently stretching from Michigan to Missouri—moves eastward. Topsoil moisture shortages are acute in parts of the central and eastern Corn Belt—77% very short to short on September 24 in Illinois and 73% in Michigan. In the upper Midwest, however, where cool weather prevails, recent rainfall has improved soil moisture but halted fieldwork.
On the Plains, locally heavy rain is falling in Oklahoma and Texas, disrupting autumn fieldwork but benefiting rangeland, pastures, and recently sown small grains.
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