Pleasant mid-Summer pattern covers the Heartland

Across the Corn Belt, seasonally cool, dry weather is easing stress on summer crops, although a few pockets of unfavorable dryness exist. Crop development remains significantly behind the normal pace, despite last week’s heat wave. For example, only 35% of the U.S. corn crop was silking by July 21, compared to the 5-year average of …

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