Some heat, humidity & storms across the Heartland

Across the Corn Belt, warm weather favors the growth of late-planted and developmentally delayed corn and soybeans. Meanwhile, scattered showers and thunderstorms stretch primarily along a west-to-east axis from Iowa to Ohio. Despite the recent improvement in Midwestern weather conditions, U.S. corn and soybeans were experiencing their second-lowest crop ratings at the end of June …

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