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Upper Midwestern soils remain wet
Oct 24, 2018, 19:04 PM
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Across the Corn Belt, cool but dry weather continues to promote an acceleration of fieldwork. On October 21, topsoil moisture was rated at least one-fifth surplus in Iowa (35% surplus), Minnesota (30%), Wisconsin (24%), and Michigan (21%). On the same date, the U.S. soybean harvest was just 53% complete—the slowest overall pace by October 21 since 2009.
On the Plains, rain is again falling across large sections of Texas, maintaining unfavorable conditions for fieldwork and open-boll cotton.
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