Across the Corn Belt, mild, mostly dry weather prevails in the wake of a cold front’s passage. Pockets of dryness are mostly limited to the northeastern and southwestern Corn Belt; on July 1, Missouri led the Midwest in topsoil moisture rated very short to short, at 52%, followed by Michigan at 28%.
On the Plains, widely scattered showers dot the southern half of the region, accompanied by below-normal temperatures. Those conditions favor summer crop development, except in areas of lingering soil moisture shortages.
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