Across the Corn Belt, mild, mostly dry weather has replaced previously chilly conditions. Snow cover in the eastern Corn Belt, primarily across Ohio, has begun to melt. Except where fields are wet or blanketed by snow, Midwestern conditions favor off-season fieldwork, including farm maintenance activities.
On the Plains, mild, dry weather prevails. Friday’s high temperatures should reach or exceed 60° as far north as western South Dakota. On December 1, drought was affecting 39% of the U.S.
