Editor’s note: The following was written by Giovani Preza Fontes, John Jones and Emerson Nafziger with the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences for the university’s CropCentral website Oct. 18.
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Soil temperature at 4 inches deep under bare soil, averaged over five years (2019-23) and 2024 at DeKalb and Champaign. Data retrieved from warm.isws.illinois.edu/warm.
Graphic courtesy Illinois State Water SurveyEditor’s note: The following was written by Giovani Preza Fontes, John Jones and Emerson Nafziger with the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences for the university’s CropCentral website Oct. 18.
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