Across the Corn Belt, snow has temporarily ended across the upper Midwest. On October 19, snowfall totaled 7.9 inches in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; 6.9 inches in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and 4.2 inches in Fargo, North Dakota. Prior to the arrival of colder, stormier weather, at least 90% of the soybeans had been harvested (by October 18) in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakotas. Farther east, rain showers in the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes region are slowing fieldwork but improving topsoil moisture for recently planted winter wheat.

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