USDA Releases Late May Crop Progress

摘要

Temperatures averaged above normal across most of the nation,with the exception of the Northeast,eastern Corn Belt,and Pacific Coast.This warm weather favored emergence and growth of summer crops,particularly in the Great Plains.However,mostly dry conditions on the Plains caused crop conditions to decline.Dry weather also prevailed across the Mississippi Delta,Gulf Coast States,and Southwest,while only light precipitation fell along the Atlantic Coast.