Rain, humidity give way to hot, dry conditions.

Expanded limit will be triggered when a month settles at the initial limit.

Tour scouts find grasshopper occurrence, damage far less than expected.

Crop has its problems, but looks healthy overall.

Route into South Dakota abandoned for lack of wheat fields.

Scouts briefed ahead of annual tour in North Dakota.

Supplies appear adequate for Western Hemisphere.

2022 US durum production forecast up 107% from 2021.

Progress moving rapidly north, west; early samples show good quality.