Dry weather supported the continued rapid pace of summer crop harvesting and winter grain planting in all major agricultural areas. Most locations between La Pampa and Buenos Aires northward to the borders with Bolivia and Paraguay were completely dry, with just a few isolated locations recording more than 5 mm of rain. Weekly temperatures averaged near normal over southern sections of La Pampa and Buenos Aires but up to 4°C below normal farther north; highest daytime temperatures failed to reach 20°C as far north as southern Corrientes. The cool weather slowed winter grain emergence and drying of unharvested cotton that received untimely rain last week. According to the government of Argentina, corn was 72 percent harvested as of June 11, ahead of last year’s pace (60 percent) while soybean harvesting was nearly complete at 98 percent. Cotton was 89 percent harvested, over 25 points ahead of last year’s pace (63). Similarly, wheat planting still was well ahead of last year’s pace (43 percent planted versus 30 percent last year).