Across the Corn Belt, surplus soil moisture and wet fields continue to limit fieldwork in some areas, particularly across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. Elsewhere, cool, dry weather is generally promoting late-season corn and soybean harvest efforts. At the end of October, at least one-quarter of the soybeans remained in the field in five Midwestern States: Michigan (45% still to be harvested), Missouri (41%), Indiana (33%), Illinois (25%), and Ohio (25%).
On the Plains, chilly conditions linger, especially across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
