Across the Corn Belt, clouds and a few showers linger from the Mississippi Valley eastward. Meanwhile, dry weather prevails in drought-affected areas of the northwestern Corn Belt. Nationally, 65% of the corn and 59% of the soybeans were rated in good to excellent condition, according to USDA/NASS, on July 11. On the same date, crops are entering reproduction, with 26% of the U.S. corn silking and 46% of the soybeans blooming.
On the Plains, showers associated with a developing storm system are overspreading parts of Nebraska and South Dakota.
