This week has brought significant heat and humidity to the area. Temperatures across Logan, Menard, and Sangamon counties soared into the mid to high 90s, with feels-like temperatures surpassing 100. This heat has caused significant changes to growing conditions across the area. While topsoil moisture is short, there is still some moisture further down that may likely take crops through to harvest. Early-planted corn has reached the dent (R5) stage, with the later-planted fields in the dough (R4) stage. The story is much of the same for soybeans. Early-planted soybeans have reached R5, with some even reaching R6.