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Drying Noted In Crop Reports

Mike Palmerino
By  Mike Palmerino , DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist
Decreasing topsoil moisture and midsummer-type temperatures combined to force corn leaves in the Midwest, as here in Illinois, to roll up in the past week during the day in a protective mode. (Photo courtesy David Brown)

A week of above-normal temperatures and little rainfall has taken a toll on topsoil moisture in the Northern Plains and parts of the Midwest. The overall impact of this drier weather will be to force corn and soybeans to send root systems deeper to reach the subsoil. This will actually benefit crops. The impact of this weather would have been more of a negative if corn were pollinating or soybeans were filling. The crop negatively impacted is winter and spring wheat in South Dakota. The winter wheat crop is filling and the spring wheat crop is heading in this state. This hot and dry weather will have an impact on production. The spring wheat crop elsewhere in the Northern Plains has yet to head out, so the impact of this hot and dry weather has been limited. The outlook for the Northern Plains and Midwest is quite favorable. We expect to see frequent episodes of scattered showers and thunderstorms in both areas during the next week, along with cooler temperatures.

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Drier weather in the Southern Plains during the past week favors maturing winter wheat and the increasing harvest which is just getting underway in Kansas. The outlook calls for near to above-normal temperatures and near to below-normal rainfall during the next seven days, which will allow for generally favorable harvest conditions.

Adequate topsoil moisture across the Delta and Southeast states and no severe heat favors pollinating corn and developing soybeans.

Mike Palmerino can be reached at mike.palmerino@dtn.com

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CSJ Farms
7/7/2017 | 1:14 PM CDT
Have to read the article. It was a joke. He stated the heat and dry weather was good for the roots.
RSimpkins1489533924
6/23/2017 | 7:41 AM CDT
CSJ farms not sure what your talking about. Corn does not like hot and dry. We need rain in southern Michigan now.
rich-nelson@hotmail.com
6/17/2017 | 1:42 PM CDT
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CSJ Farms
6/16/2017 | 10:27 AM CDT
Haha. Really. How much corn have you grown? I'll bet those growers are just wishing for more hot dry weather for their corn because it is really good for it.
CSJ Farms
6/16/2017 | 10:27 AM CDT
Haha. Really. How much corn have you grown? I'll bet those growers are just wishing for more hot dry weather for their corn because it is really good for it.