Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are overspreading the upper Midwest, where corn and soybean planting has advanced quickly in recent days but remains mostly behind schedule. On May 20, corn planting was at least 10 percentage points behind the respective state averages in South Dakota (66% planted), Wisconsin (56% planted), and Michigan (50% planted).
On the Plains, scattered showers and thunderstorms continue to slow fieldwork but boost topsoil for rangeland, pastures, and summer crops.
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