Across the Corn Belt, a surge of cool air is
arriving across the upper Midwest, accompanied by a few showers. In parts of
the central and eastern Corn Belt, late-planted, late-developing corn and
soybeans are experiencing varying degrees of stress due to dry, compacted
topsoil and poorly developed root systems. On August 4, one-fifth to
one-quarter of the corn was rated very poor to poor in Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
On the Plains, locally heavy showers and
thunderstorms are developing Wednesday morning in parts of Kansas and Nebraska.
Continue reading Scattered rains continue to favor parts of the Heartland at Brownfield Ag News.
