Ag Weather Forum

Massive ice loss, tundra melting and extensive burning in the far northern latitudes bear the hallmarks of climate change impact.

A very-dry July raises drought fears in delayed crop progress Midwest corn and soybean fields.

A six-week run of improved Canadian Prairies crop conditions runs up against a forecast for only limited precipitation in most sectors.

Slow progress with expanding dryness is featured in crop progress and conditions to end July and moving into August.

Most farmers could use a little rain and a lot of clarity on the yield potential of the beleaguered 2019 crop.

The temperature pattern across the Canadian Prairies region remains a concern as warm days are offset by cool days in the region. The canola crop continues to run significantly behind normal development in the region, especially in Saskatchewan.

Corn and soybean progress is now at a point which is typical of early July rather than mid-to-late July.

Global temperatures in June set a new record for the month since records began in 1880.

The good news is that a major cold front is expected to move across the Midwest over the weekend.

How extreme rain, flooding and climate change brought three separate areas of the U.S. together this July.

A midsummer cooling trend in the eastern Pacific Ocean may indicate drier times ahead for the Midwest.

Canadian Prairies rain over the next 10 days is expected to focus on northern and eastern crop areas.

Corn and soybean development is running one to three weeks behind normal in the Midwest.

Formation of tropical weather systems does not automatically transfer to rain in the Midwest.

A lack of crop growth in the northern and eastern Corn Belt continues to show the adverse effect of the historic wet spring of 2019.

Hot weather in the central U.S. during the first few days of July has only a brief sojourn before a new round of cooling develops.

Planting rates and crop conditions are at history-challenging low points following extremely heavy rain since mid-May.

Weather forecasters expect a cool and wet summer to challenge already-delayed crops.

A cool U.S. temperature trend in May was an outlier compared with global conditions.

Below-normal temperatures forecast for the U.S. Corn Belt over the next seven days promise to offer only limited growing degree day totals for the much delayed corn crop.