Fair, cold weather covers the Heartland…for now

Fair, cold weather covers the Heartland…for now

Across the Corn Belt, temperatures have begun to moderate but remain mostly at near- or below-normal levels. Dry weather prevails throughout the Midwest, but a substantial snow cover is in place from the eastern Dakotas to Michigan.

On the Plains, chilly conditions linger, especially across the southern half of the region. Friday morning’s low temperatures ranged from 10 to 20° at a broad array of weather stations throughout the Plains. Key winter wheat production areas have mostly a patchy, shallow snow cover, but weather conditions for overwintering wheat remain generally benign.

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