Across the Corn Belt, a final day of mild, dry weather is promoting fieldwork, including corn and soybean harvesting and winter wheat planting. Wednesday’s high temperatures should approach or reach 70°F across the southern tier of the Corn Belt, including the Ohio Valley. During the week ending November 7, muddy field conditions improved in previously wet areas east of the Mississippi River; for example, topsoil moisture rated surplus decreased from 65 to 39% in Michigan, from 46 to 9% in Illinois, from 45 to 25% in Indiana, and from 42 to 26% in Ohio.

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