Across the Corn Belt, cold, dry weather prevails. Upper Midwestern livestock producers are contending with sub-zero temperatures and an extensive snow cover. Friday morning’s minimum temperatures fell to near -20°F as far south as northern Iowa. Meanwhile, snow cover is lacking across much of the southern and eastern Corn Belt, especially from Missouri to western Ohio, although temperatures are not low enough to pose a threat to uninsulated winter wheat

On the Plains, some wintry precipitation, mainly snow and freezing rain, is falling across eastern Montana and the Dakotas.

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