Ag Weather Forum

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.

There is still no indication of when significant fieldwork can begin in the Midwest.

Moderate to major flooding continues with a high risk in the central U.S. throughout the spring.

Moderate to major flooding continues with a high risk in the central U.S. throughout the spring.

Southeastern Manitoba, especially in the Red River Valley, has a high likelihood of flooding this spring.

Active El Nino suggests additional precipitation to disrupt spring fieldwork and threaten additional flooding.

A look into the extreme and calamitous mid-March storm system over the central U.S.

Taking stock of the very-wet winter of 2018-19.

Flood potential continues to increase in the Midwest and Northern Plains.

Much of the Midwest has at least minor to moderate flooding expected going into spring.

Agricultural water availability in most of the Ogallala Aquifer continues to show a sharp net decline.

Drought conditions last fall affected winter crop emergence and establishment in central Europe. Below normal precipitation at the end of winter and less than ideal rain in spring could further affect winter grains and oilseeds in central Europe.