Across the Corn Belt, mild, dry weather is helping to push corn and soybean harvesting toward completion in most areas. Wetness lingers, however, in the eastern Corn Belt, where Ohio’s topsoil moisture was rated 35% surplus on November 1. On the same date, only 41% of Ohio’s corn had been harvested, the lowest percentage among major production states.

On the Plains, a return to warmth and recent topsoil moisture improvements are helping winter wheat become more fully established prior to dormancy.

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