Ag Weather Forum

A somewhat active pattern is forecast across the country for the next week, but models are not expecting a lot of precipitation out of it. Below-normal precipitation will help those recovering from flooding, but this will not be good for those in drought.

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) values have moved from neutral in early March to La Nina in early April.

A long-duration storm has led to more than eight inches of rain for large portions of Arkansas into Kentucky. Other areas are also dealing with the fallout from large-scale flooding that will take a lot of time to work through the system.

Soil moisture loss due to sustained warming is feared to be irreversible.

The Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a tornado outbreak to occur along with massive hail and damaging winds as a cold front races eastward into the Mississippi Valley and Midwest on Wednesday.

Several systems and stalled fronts will cause an area of very heavy rainfall that could lead to historic flooding for portions of the Mid-South and Ohio Valley.

The DTN forecast shows below-normal temperatures for much of the Corn Belt in April, threatening to delay fieldwork and shorten planting windows. However, there are some signals that this forecast may bust.

Another big March spring storm is forecast to move through the country this weekend in several pieces. This will be the first of what looks like several storm systems to move through into early April.

La Nina looms as a primary influence in the Western Corn Belt drought projection through the beginning of summer.

Early spring 2025 finds the Southern Plains wheat crop in worse condition than at the end of 2024.

A very active March weather pattern has yet another strong storm system moving through the country this week.

A very active March weather pattern has yet another strong storm system moving through the country this week.

A major spring storm system will quickly deepen in the Plains on Friday, heading up through the Midwest on Saturday. Though widespread strong winds and an Upper Midwest blizzard are expected, the risk of severe weather from the storm is higher than at any point so far in...

Snow moisture called abysmal in mountain areas of Arizona and New Mexico following the winter season.

A rapidly intensifying storm system, dubbed a "bomb cyclone," will enter the Plains on March 14. It will bring widespread impacts to the country east of the Rockies including strong winds, heavy snow, potential blizzard conditions, and severe weather.

National corn yields at or above trendline are featured in the top DTN weather analog years for the 2025 growing season.

A big storm system will move through the eastern half of the country through Wednesday, March 5. Widespread impacts including heavy snow, strong winds, blizzard conditions and severe weather are expected from the storm.

It has been one year since large wildfires broke out across the Texas Panhandle, but we will see a renewed risk for wildfires in the Great Plains again this spring.

The 2025 growing season will be full of challenges like almost every year. This year, threats likely return to the Western Corn Belt more so than the Eastern Corn Belt.

Spring precipitation forecasts offer mixed prospects for early 2025 crop season moisture.