Across the Corn Belt, a few showers are overspreading southern corn and soybean production areas, mainly across the Ohio Valley. Elsewhere, mild, dry weather continues to promote summer crop maturation and harvesting. With 62% of its soybean acreage harvested by October 3, Minnesota is reporting its third-fastest harvest pace of the century, behind 84% on the same date in 2012 and 64% in 2015.
On the Plains, a late-season warm spell continues, particularly in eastern Montana and the western Dakotas, where Wednesday’s temperatures will approach or reach 90°F.
