Across the Corn Belt, dry weather is promoting corn and soybean harvesting, as well as winter wheat planting. Producers harvested 15% of the U.S. soybean acreage during the week ending October 21, equal to the amount harvested during the preceding 2 weeks. However, the overall U.S. soybean harvest was just 53% complete by October 21, well behind the 5-year average of 69%.
On the Plains, cool, cloudy, foggy weather lingers across western Texas, where cotton quality declined slightly (from 37 to 41% very poor to poor, statewide) during the week ending October 21.
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