Many parts of the corn belt received much needed rain this weekend.

Eric Snodgrass is the principal atmospheric scientist with Nutrien Ag solutions.

“There were some places in the western parts of the corn belt and parts of the central corn belt and even Illinois, Indiana, and down into Tennessee and Kentucky that over the last couple of days have gotten rain that was desperately needed,” he says. “They’re getting a break in temperatures and this all comes on the heals of what has been so far in June extremely hot and dry conditions.”

He says the rain bought

growers some time, but there is the possibility of drought conditions this

summer with the developing La Nina and concerns over whether the North Pacific Jet

Stream is going to respond to it.

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