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May weather models aren’t looking good for planting

Planting progress is picking up momentum across much of the Corn Belt and a meteorologist says Mother Nature could put a stop to that this weekend.

Michael Clark with Indiana-based BamWX.com says models indicate May could start out wet.  “Overall we anticipate this wet pattern to continue,” he says.  “There are some signals that there could be some possible drying out in week two but returning back to an active pattern for middle to late May.”

He tells Brownfield temperatures in the western Corn Belt will run well below normal.  “The western/northwestern edge of this could be looking at accumulating snow across northwest Iowa and parts of Minnesota,” he says.  “Temperatures that look to be below freezing here late week all the way down to Iowa and east Kansas.”

Snowfall in parts of the Red River Valley has further delayed the start of sugar beet planting for some farmers.

Clark says the Eastern Corn Belt will likely see below-normal temperatures for the first part of May, too.

AUDIO: Michael Clark, BamWX.com

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