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36 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin October 5, 2010EASTERN ASIAA freeze across much of northeastern China ended the of heavy precipitation (25-50 mm) across the Yangtzegrowing season. The cold weather aided corn and soybean Valley slowed harvesting but ensured abundant pre-plantingdrydown and harvesting. The freeze corresponded to the moisture for rapeseed. Elsewhere in the region, favorablyaverage date of the first freeze (September 20) for the area. drier conditions prevailed for mature rice on the KoreanMostly dry weather with only occasional showers aided Peninsula. Meanwhile, Typhoon Malakas passed close tocotton harvesting in Hebei and Shandong, while wetter Japan, producing heavy showers (up to 150 mm) for matureweather (10-25 mm) slowed harvesting in Henan. An axis rice on Honshu.For additional information contact: meteorologists@oce.usda.gov