date:Apr 15, 2014
Kansas and Missouri and points north would range from 20 degrees in much of Nebraska and the northern third of Illinois to 25 degrees almost to the Oklahoma border this week.
As a result, soil temperatures through most of the Corn Belt remain below the needed levels for planting, which for corn is 50 degrees.
In the excessively dry regions of Kansas and Nebraska, where hard red winter wheat is a key crop, drought conditions remain a major issue despite some weekend rainfall.
Mr. Salmon predic