Ag Weather Forum

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.

Many farmers missed fall herbicide, fertilizer and nutrient applications and are facing messy fields and lower soybean seed germination.

Recent rains helped the safrinha corn crop in Brazil, but soybeans are maturing and being harvested so saw little benefit.

Below-normal temperatures appear to be in store for the last part of winter in Western Canada.

Polar vortex-related cold is leading to a frigid end of January for the eastern half of the contiguous U.S.

Cattle and hog producers across the central Midwest are taking some extra measures to protect their animals' health and performance in a winter storm that is forecast to move across the region late Friday and this weekend.

A Colorado Public Radio look at the Drought Monitor highlights the ground-truth usefulness of this project.

Expanding hot and dry weather in Brazil will affect filling soybeans.

Record precipitation and record dryness both ruled in the past year.