 underneath the trough temperatures are forecast to rise later next week across the northern plains with heat for the end of july which is somewhat needed with crop development still behind from late planting the combo of heat and lack of moisture should be stressful for some of the crop however so something to keep in mind and watch for as we get towards the end of the month and the same goes for parts of the western corn belt too that definitely could use a little bit of heat and dry weather but