 USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says that is reflected in mid-July crop conditions well above last year's totals. We have really kind of slid through the early part of this important growing season with relatively few Midwestern concerns. The cool weather trend will continue as a strong midsummer cold front is pushing its way through the plains and Midwest. And the progression of that front will be further to the south and east as the week progresses until the front finally stalls over the lower southeast late this week.