Across the Corn Belt, cool but mostly dry weather prevails. Tuesday morning’s minimum temperatures dipped as low as 25° in the far upper Midwest, where a few snow showers are occurring. On April 11, Missouri led the Midwest with 8% of its intended corn acreage planted, followed by Illinois at 5%.

On the Plains, light snow showers in parts of Montana and North Dakota are providing negligible relief from extremely dry conditions. North Dakota led the Plains on April 11 with topsoil moisture rated 83% very short to short.

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