Across the Corn Belt,
rain associated with Tropical Depression Barry is edging into southern parts of
Illinois and Missouri. Meanwhile, showers in advance of an approaching cold
front stretch from the upper Great Lakes region into Nebraska. Little rain has
fallen so far in July across the southern and eastern Corn Belt, leaving some
previously saturated soils crusted and compacted—to the detriment of
late-planted corn and soybeans.
On the Plains, mostly
dry weather from Kansas southward favors winter wheat harvesting and summer
crop development.
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