Across the Corn Belt, cool, dry weather prevails, except for a few showers in Missouri. In general, growing conditions remain favorable for corn and soybeans, although crops and pastures are exhibiting various degrees of drought stress Missouri and Michigan, as well as parts of neighboring states.
On the Plains, scattered showers and thunderstorms extend as far south as Oklahoma. However, hot, dry weather prevails in Texas, where topsoil moisture was rated 64% very short to short on July 15, and summer crops such as cotton and sorghum continue to experience drought stress.
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