6 Min Read FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Reuters) - Despite the efficient start for the U.S. Crop Watch producers, many of the fields have not exactly benefitted from the early planting due to cool temperatures and/or dry conditions following planting. This has led to slow and even spotty emergence in some places, but most of the growers believe those sins could be healed with some favorable weather in the near term. FILE PHOTO: Farmer Doug Zink shows the quality of his soybeans near Carrington, North Dakota, U.S., August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dan Koeck/File Photo This week will start warm but cooler conditions will set in mid-week and could carry through the first week of June. Close to 1 inch (25 mm) of rain is expected over the next week for most locations, but upward of 2 inches could be in store for parts of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.