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Dryness issues evolve on the northern Plains

Across the Corn Belt, dry weather favors late-season planting efforts. In recent weeks, a few Midwestern pockets have received below-normal rainfall. In general, however, soil moisture remains mostly adequate for corn and soybean development. Currently, cool weather prevails in the eastern Corn Belt.

On the Plains, generally dry weather is promoting fieldwork, including late-season planting activities and—across southern areas—winter wheat harvesting. However, agricultural drought continues to expand and intensify across large sections of the northern Plains, with adverse impacts noted on a variety of crops.

In the South, showers and thunderstorms continue to disrupt fieldwork but provide drought relief across Florida and environs. Cool but dry weather covers the remainder of the South, including the previously soaked central Gulf Coast region.

In the West, significantly above-normal temperatures prevail, except in the southern Rockies and along the immediate Pacific Coast. Throughout the region, dry weather favors fieldwork. In mountain areas with snow still on the ground, warmth is causing rapid melting and leading to elevated river levels.

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