Ag Weather Forum

Spring has been a wet time for a lot of the country's growing regions. It has been difficult to plant for sure, but the increased soil moisture will favor early growth.

The persistent La Nina storm track brought extreme wet conditions to northern growing areas and made drought worse for southern crop areas.

Precipitation during the winter and especially in April have much of the region in wetter conditions to start the season than in 2021. Wetness in eastern and northern areas are causing delays for spring fieldwork and seeding, but drier areas in southern Alberta and southwest...

A pattern turnaround heading into mid-May is promising for corn planting progress.

Active weather will bring two storm system from the Central and Southern Plains through the Midwest this week. That will lead to bouts of moderate to heavy precipitation and severe weather. The storm track will miss much of the Northern Plains, perhaps enticing some to get out...

A robust La Nina and strong blocking high pressure in Alaska have worked together to produce intense, damaging winds across the U.S. heartland.

Wet and cold conditions have kept spring planting very slow for much of the country. That pattern continues for the first half of May, with somewhat of a late turnaround to close out the month. The pattern should continue to favor delays and short windows for planting for...

Cold and wet spring conditions in the northern U.S. may lead to acreage loss due to prevented planting insurance claims.

Roughly 10 days after a blizzard pounded the Northern Plains with 1-to-2 feet of snow, another storm system will produce more heavy snow and strong winds to create yet another blizzard for the western Dakotas, eastern Montana, and eastern Wyoming.

Central and western Kansas saw groundwater levels decline by an average of more than 1 foot in 2021.

A strong storm system that is bringing heavy snow to the Northern Plains is also providing heavy precipitation for the majority of the country this week. Another system will bring more showers this weekend into next week. But the low temperatures behind each system will keep...

A storm track from the Southwest to the Northeast will bring widespread weather hazards to the country throughout next week. Severe storms, heavy snow, strong winds and falling temperatures will highlight the week's events.

Irrigation-dependent farming areas of the western United States face a growing season with curtailed water supply because of low snowpack-generated runoff.

Low temperatures and frost can kill vast areas of growing crops early on in the season in the U.S. What makes frost a killer? And what are the meteorological factors that favor frost conditions?

There is some soggy ground in the early fieldwork areas of the southern U.S. and Eastern Midwest.

With planting starting to get underway and wheat waking from dormancy, the risk of cold damage and frost are the near-term weather factor producers need to watch for this spring.

A storm system will produce severe weather from the Southern Plains to the Southeast this week. Storms on Wednesday are expected to be widespread and intense across the Deep South.

Major crops have a mixed situation when it comes to drought going into spring.

The cold, arctic air has left the forecast for spring, but some cooler weather can still occur. That is especially true as we move into a pattern that favors quick-moving storm systems for the next couple of weeks.

Precipitation forecasts suggest a limited threat of flood-related slowdowns for U.S. barge transport this spring.