Across the Corn Belt, scattered showers from the Mississippi Valley westward are maintaining generally favorable growing conditions for summer crops. Even some of the driest areas of the southwestern Corn Belt have experienced recent improvements in topsoil moisture, although drought-stressed pastures have been slow to respond to rain and corn is largely mature.
On the Plains, scattered showers associated with a low-pressure system are slowing small grain harvesting in the Dakotas. Meanwhile, hot weather is returning to the High Plains, hastening summer crop maturation.
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