Across the Corn Belt, rain showers are gradually ending across the Ohio Valley and the lower Great Lakes region.  Elsewhere, extensive fieldwork delays continue, despite the brief return of mild, dry weather.  Thursday’s high temperatures will reach 70°F or higher across much of the southern Corn Belt.  To date, planting activities have been sharply limited by low soil temperatures or wet fields, or a combination of both, especially in the northern and eastern Corn Belt.

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