Weather

Dry weather continues in the Corn Belt

On the Plains, dry weather remains a significant concern with respect to the hard red winter wheat crop, especially from South Dakota to Texas.

Across the Corn Belt, dry weather—accompanied by a gradual warming trend—favors late-season fieldwork. By November 11, Midwestern States with greatest percentage of soybeans left to harvest were Missouri (11% in the field) and Ohio (7%).

In the South, cool, dry weather is promoting a continuation of, or return to, fieldwork, including winter wheat planting and cotton and soybean harvesting. On November 11 in North Carolina, wheat was 54% planted, while harvesting was 61% complete for cotton and 36% complete for soybeans.

In the West, scattered showers are spreading ashore in the Pacific Coast States, causing local fieldwork delays. Mild, dry weather prevails elsewhere in the West, despite an increase in cloudiness.