Across the Corn Belt, dry weather accompanies a warming trend across Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, where topsoil moisture shortages have begun to stress some corn and soybeans. Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms are generally benefiting crops in the western and central Corn Belt, although localized wind damage is occurring in stronger storms.
On the Plains, widely scattered showers are occurring early Friday from South Dakota to Kansas. Due to net drying across the Plains in recent weeks, topsoil moisture rated very short to short (on June 21) ranged from 17% in South Dakota to 74% in Colorado.
