October looms as another dry month in many small grain production areas

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KANSAS CITY — Rain that fell in U.S. hard red wheat country in the last days of September was a boon for wheat planting and establishment, as was rain in Missouri and Illinois. Additional moisture also fell in parts of the lower eastern U.S. Midwest.Relief from dryness in several other small gram areas around the world has not yet occurred, and those areas include: the U.S. Northern Plains, Canada's Prairies, a part of the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Russia's lower Volga River Basin and a part of Australia. South Africa already has reported a decline in production potentials and some areas in Europe are still running low on moisture.