The second wave of wheat sowing season has been very favorable, moisture wise.
From mid-October to now most in the region has received between 2 and 8 inches of rain. Along with the rain came some cool weather. Soil temperatures quickly dropped around Oct. 17, with bare soil Mesonet readings briefly dipping into the upper-40s, but the temperatures topped back off at the beginning of this month.
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