Across the Corn Belt, cool but dry weather favors corn and soybean harvest efforts in areas where fields are not too wet. On October 24, however, topsoil moisture was rated at least one-quarter surplus in Michigan (62%), Indiana (31%), and Illinois (25%). Tuesday’s Midwestern high temperatures will remain mostly below 60°F.
On the Plains, a chilly but beneficial rain is overspreading parts of Montana, where topsoil moisture (on October 24) was rated 96% very short to short—and nearly one-half (42%) of the winter wheat was rated in very poor to poor condition.
