Across the Corn Belt, very warm, mostly dry weather is ideal for summer crop development in areas with adequate moisture. However, topsoil moisture was rated more than one-half very short to short on July 8 in Missouri (69%) and Michigan (59%), leading to an increase in stress on reproductive corn and soybeans. Nationally, 47% of the soybeans were blooming and 37% of the corn was silking on July 8.
On the Plains, early-Tuesday thunderstorms are sweeping across parts of the Dakotas.
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