Across the Corn Belt, mostly dry weather accompanies a gradual warming trend. Significant soil moisture shortages persist in the southwestern Corn Belt broadly centered on Missouri, as well as parts of Michigan and environs. However, growing conditions for corn and soybeans remain favorable across the majority of the Midwest, as evidenced by more than two-thirds of the U.S. corn (72%) and soybeans (70%) being rated good to excellent.
On the Plains, widely scattered showers stretch from Colorado to the Dakotas.
Continue reading A seasonal pattern for much of the Plains, Midwest at Brownfield Ag News.