Across the Corn Belt, conditions remain unfavorable for widespread corn and soybean planting activities, with separate areas of rain affecting eastern and western production areas. In addition, unusually cool weather lingers across the Midwest, except in the Ohio Valley. A record was set for least U.S. corn planting complete by May 26—just 58%–compared to the former standard of 67% in 1995. On the Plains, mild, dry weather is developing across Montana and North Dakota, favoring late-season planting activities and the development of winter wheat and spring-sown crops.
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