Across the Corn Belt, cooler, breezy conditions are overspreading the upper Midwest, where many fields remain too wet for planting. Warmth lingers, however, across the central and eastern Corn Belt, favoring corn and soybean planting in areas where fields have dried enough to support farm machinery.
On the Plains, early-season heat continues across much of Oklahoma and Texas, maintaining significant stress on rangeland, pastures, winter grains, and emerging summer crops. Meanwhile, producers in portions of the northern and central Plains are assessing impacts from Thursday’s high-wind event, which resulted in widespread blowing dust, especially in Nebraska and South Dakota.
