Ag Weather Forum

High temperatures in June have sapped soil moisture across many areas that previously were sitting in good shape. The result is quickly developing drought conditions.

Low reservoirs and dwindling snowmelt leave western U.S. cities and farms looking at a future with reduced water supplies.

A ridge of high pressure in the upper atmosphere has been providing intense and record-breaking heat for the last couple weeks. It will be shifting westward next week, but is that just a temporary shift?

Corn plant roots can reach a depth of 6 feet with favorable soil moisture.

Widespread heavy rain has fallen this week due to a strong storm system moving through the region. Rainfall has helped alleviate some of the drought conditions in the southwestern corner of the region. More rain is on the way.

Springtime was either cool, wet, or both for a lot of the country's growing regions. Heat has been needed to help pick up the growing pace that has been behind schedule due to both conditions. We are seeing some short-term help in that regard with higher temperatures across...

With meteorological spring in the rear-view mirror, La Nina dominated weather patterns across the U.S. A month-by-month break down of the precipitation and temperature patterns from March through May showed a challenging start to the growing season for producers.

Thunderstorms are coming together early morning on June 13 to potentially bring a significant severe weather event to the Midwest, including a possible derecho.

Damaging heat reduced India's wheat crop. Attention now turns to how monsoon rains perform for summer crops.

After a large hail event on June 7 struck portions of the High Plains and Nebraska, we check up on how the severe weather season has shaped up so far.

A ridge of high pressure is set to park itself across the Central U.S. by June 18 in most model solutions. A ridge would favor hot and dry conditions, a poor combination for crops. But there are uncertainties in how quickly this ridge will push north.

The active spring weather pattern that has caused heavy rain in the Northern Plains, improved moisture across the Central and Southern Plains, and kept the Midwest and Delta wet continues for the first few weeks of June. A turn toward hot and dry weather looks to come...