Ag Weather Forum

The wet central U.S. pattern appears set to last into early June.

Continued heavy rain and flooding are widely forecast for much of the Midwest and Plains through the end of May.

Spring 2019 continues to offer the Canadian Prairies only limited precipitation.

The central U.S. weather pattern refuses to turn drier for planting.

A return of moderate-to-heavy rain is indicated for the pre-Memorial Day week in the central U.S.

Mid-May offers at least a few days of more-favorable conditions for U.S. planting progress.

Rain prospects for the Canadian Prairies look more promising over the last half of May.

Wet conditions again delayed Midwest corn planting during the past week. A forecast weather pattern change in mid-May could allow better progress.

Heaviest flooding in a generation, and associated corn planting delays, have lower production chances increasing.

Despite continued wet conditions, significant corn planting progress was made in Iowa last week.

The late April-early May window looks closed for planting.

Many areas of the Canadian Prairies have soil moisture deficits ahead of spring seeding.

There's been some improvement in field conditions in the Midwest during the past seven days.

Wet soils continue to affect spring fieldwork in the Midwest and Plains.

Heavy snow this week, up to 2 feet in places, led to challenging conditions for cattle producers and travelers, and will continue to delay seasonal fieldwork.

The late-winter and early spring weather patterns have allowed less snow cover and drier soils across much of the Canadian Prairies.

A major spring storm will affect the Plains and Midwest during Wednesday and Thursday and produce another round of flooding.

A major spring storm forecast for the Midwest and southern Northern Plains this week is expected to stress cattle and make transportation very difficult in some areas because of whiteout conditions. Other areas may face field and river flooding because of heavy rains on...

Flooding chances remain higher and more widespread than last year across much of the Midwest.

Temperatures during the next five to six days or so are expected to increase significantly. This could hasten the snowmelt in the indicated areas, but without added rain to the situation this should not be of a major concern.