Ag Weather Forum

Continuous days up over the century mark have been a hallmark of this August for Oklahoma and Texas. The weather pattern continues to favor this heat through the end of the month.

After heavy rain soaked portions of Illinois and Indiana last week, additional rain chances through the end of August could keep flooding concerns around.

Extreme to exceptional drought has a tight grip on Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle winter wheat areas.

The developing El Nino in the Pacific Ocean continues to be on track for the strongest in our short-recorded history.

Widespread, damaging winds spanned from Iowa to Kentucky on Tuesday and another round of severe storms could lead to more damage on Wednesday across the Midwest.

The hottest U.S. July on record keeps low runoff prospects in place for the Upper Missouri Basin.

The weather pattern is favoring a lot of precipitation chances across the Corn Belt through this weekend, but there are some caveats to the overall "good weather" narrative.

The first half of August could shape up to have relatively favorable precipitation across much of the Corn Belt as corn and soybeans continue through their critical reproductive stages.

Flooding July rain in the Southern Plains bypassed most crop areas.

A small but powerful storm system is forecast to produce widespread heavy rain through the Corn Belt later this week and weekend.

From giant hail to violent tornadoes, eastern Wisconsin became the target of severe weather on July 27.

Mixed rain and heat lead to concern about trendline yield prospects for 2026 harvest.

Last week's heat wave did a number on soil moisture across the North-Central U.S. Expanding drought may be developing there.

El Nino may be playing a part in the western U.S. monsoon outlook for this year.

A heat wave typically ends with widespread showers and thunderstorms, but this one might not. If that is indeed the case, stress on crops will likely continue in the cooler air that follows.

Growing wildfires in Ontario and the Boundary Waters of Minnesota are creating thick smoke for some areas of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast for at least the next several days.

EU corn production may be the lowest in almost 20 years because of damage from extreme heat.

A heat wave is likely to move into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest this weekend, but models disagree on when it ends and how far south and east the heat may spread next week.

The end of a heatwave may make for some nasty weather in some parts of the country for your July 4 celebration.

Heavy rain across a lot of the U.S. has set up row crops, and corn in particular, in good shape heading into the important month of July.