Triple digit heat blankets the Southwest this week, and forecasters expect the ridge of high pressure to park over the western Corn Belt next week. AccuWeather forecasters project U.S. corn production to be severely impacted.
 
July is expected to be hot, but it's the intensity of the heat, along with the forecasts for below normal precipitation, that could potentially impact the U.S. corn crop this year.
 
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