Across the Corn Belt, outside of clouds and showers in the lower Ohio Valley, sunny skies are promoting fieldwork and summer crop emergence. Recent rainfall has been highly variable, with 2-week totals ranging from a trace to more than 6 inches. Overall, conditions are favorable, but pockets of dryness persist in the central Corn Belt.
On the Plains, blistering heat in southern portions of the region contrasts with chilly, wet conditions on the northern Plains.
Continue reading Brief cool-off for the Plains; active pattern to ease at Brownfield Ag News.