Across the Corn Belt, lingering cool conditions across the upper Midwest continue to limit planting progress, as well as the emergence of recently sown summer crops. Meanwhile, spotty showers generally stretch from Michigan to Missouri, slowing a previously vigorous planting pace for crops such as corn and soybeans across much of the southern and eastern Corn Belt. A separate area of rain is affecting portions of the middle Missouri Valley.

On the Plains, scattered showers and thunderstorms extend from Nebraska to Texas.

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