date:Apr 24, 2013
ansas and Colorado, but declined significantly in South Dakota, Nebraska and Texas, although good to excellent ratings in those states remained abysmal. In the soft winter states, good to excellent ratings improved modestly in Illinois, Ohio and North Carolina, while poor to very poor ratings saw mostly minor changes.
There was additional snowfall forecast for parts of the Upper Midwest hard spring wheat and sugar beet areas and another possible freeze for parts of the Southwest hard winter whe