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Rains provide some Ohio drought relief

Hurricane Helene brought several drought ridden Ohio counties rain relief.

According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, corn is rated ​39 percent good to excellent with 96 percent dented, 70 percent mature, 16 percent harvested for grain, and 91 percent harvested for silage. Soybeans are ​rated ​44 percent good to excellent, with 86 percent dropping leaves, and 23 percent harvested.

Winter wheat is 17 percent planted. The fourth cutting of alfalfa is 73 percent complete, and the fourth hay cutting is ​67 percent complete.

Topsoil moisture is 47 ​percent adequate to surplus and subsoil moisture is ​21 percent adequate to surplus.