The soybean crop is made in August, but a climatologist says the weather this month could make it an uphill battle to the finish line.

Crop conditions have mostly held steady across the Midwest recently, but Al Dutcher with UNL said that could change.

He tells Brownfield the Eastern Corn Belt could have above normal precipitation.

“Their bigger issue is going to be disease, heavy precipatation, flodding – those types of situations – potentially, some severe weather,” Dutcher said.

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