Across the Corn Belt, light snow has returned across the lower Great Lakes region and parts of the Dakotas.  The snow arrives as some livestock producers, especially along an axis stretching from the middle Missouri Valley to Michigan, are still dealing with challenges associated with last week’s back-to-back snowstorms and subsequent bitter cold.  Sub-zero (°F) temperatures persist early Thursday from the Red River Valley of the North into the upper Mississippi Valley.  

On the Plains, light snow is blanketing parts of Montana and the Dakotas. 

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