Weather
Drier weather continues across much of the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, dry weather in the upper Midwest continues to favor soybean and late-season corn planting. Fields continue to gradually dry out in the eastern Corn Belt States of Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, but showers are returning to parts of the southern Corn Belt, including Missouri and southern Illinois.
On the Plains, mostly dry, breezy weather prevails in advance of an approaching storm system. Soil moisture remains mostly adequate for rangeland, pastures, winter grains, and spring-sown crops.
In the South, dry weather has returned to the western Gulf Coast region, although fieldwork delays persist in some of the wettest areas. Meanwhile, locally heavy showers are spreading into the Southeast, disrupting fieldwork but boosting soil moisture in areas that have trended dry in recent weeks.
In the West, scattered showers dot the northwestern half of the region. Currently, the heaviest precipitation is falling across the northern Intermountain West. Elsewhere, dry but windy weather prevails in the Southwest.
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