Ag Weather Forum

The percentage of corn rated poor to very poor matches up closely with the record-yield year of 2017.

Showers will continue with fronts and systems moving across the U.S. but rainfall amounts are generally light to locally moderate. There may be an exception to that, however.

Hot weather across the U.S. from June through August just barely edged out 1936 as the hottest summer on record. 1936 was the heart of the Dust Bowl, and the record stood for 85 years before falling this year.

Barometric pressure indications point to La Nina forming at the start of the Northern Hemisphere fall season.

Several systems have moved across the Corn Belt during the last few weeks, helping the final stages of crop fill for corn and soybeans and reducing some of the ongoing drought in the Western Corn Belt. One more storm system is moving through before the pattern takes a...

Harsh drought in the northwestern Corn Belt is expected to remain through the end of calendar year 2021.

Often it seems like heavy rains hit the city during the summer but miss the rural areas. Is this really happening or just our belief it is happening?

Hurricane Ida could potentially reach Category 3 strength prior to landfall in Louisiana late Sunday or early Monday. Flooding rains from the storm could produce damage for maturing cotton and soybeans in the Delta. DTN provides a link to track the storm and latest...

Dust Bowl-era statistics from this growing season and climate report predictions point to drought continuing as a dominant agriculture overriding feature.

A couple of systems have already moved through the northern portions of the U.S. and several more are on their way through as well, as storm track brings more rainfall across much of the northern Corn Belt.

Record world warmth and big differences between dry and wet highlighted July 2021.

A series of three disturbances moving through the Corn Belt during the next 10 days will bring good rainfall chances to much of the region. This is especially true for the Western Corn Belt, where filling corn and soybean continue to need it.

Highlights of a recent north-central U.S. drought webinar point to low yield expectations and caution on early frost potential.

A weakness in the ridge that we have seen dominate the west showed up last week. After a brief buildup through the weekend, it appears that it will weaken again. Typically this means more precipitation for the Plains. Will it actually happen?

The derecho that moved through the Midwest on Aug. 10, 2020 caused widespread damage to infrastructure, homes, and crops. We revisit the weather event that took so much from so many.

Smoky skies can have a favorable or unfavorable impact on filling corn depending on thickness and duration.

The strong ridge in the West is breaking down, at least temporarily. That will allow a few disturbances to finally move through the northern U.S. and Canadian Prairies.

A front moving southeast through the Midwest produced a good round of severe weather, but it could have been much worse.

A frontal boundary will bring severe storms to portions of the Upper Midwest Wednesday afternoon through the overnight hours. All forms of severe weather will be possible but very strong wind gusts are the largest threat.

While the weather pattern is not changing very much, it will allow cooler conditions to filter down from Canada east of the Rockies except in the dry northwest Corn Belt.