Ag Weather Forum

Precipitation forecasts suggest a limited threat of flood-related slowdowns for U.S. barge transport this spring.

Warm air is flooding North America this week and continues next week as well. Producers may be antsy to get into their fields, but there are some risks for wetness east of the Mississippi River while drought areas are also seeing potential relief.

Recently dry crop areas got little to no benefit from moisture during the 2021-22 winter season.

A shot of very cold arctic air is spreading through North America this week. Is this the last time we will see temperatures this anomalously below normal this spring?

The south-central and southeastern U.S. have above-normal risk for wildfires during March 2022.

The south-central and southeastern U.S. have above-normal risk for wildfires during March 2022.

Whether you are in the drier west or wetter east, you are likely to find some challenges for planting your crop this spring.

Spring flooding prospects are more regionalized than in some previous crop years.

Whether it is expanding or contracting, drought will be on the minds of producers and traders throughout the course of the 2022 growing season.

Corn Belt soils are either too dry or too wet for producer comfort ahead of Spring.

Corn Belt soils are either too dry or too wet for producer comfort ahead of Spring.

The clipper pattern that North America has been in since late December appears to be breaking, but it will take some time. This will mean a more southern storm track, and potential for more meaningful precipitation in the Plains.

Declining permafrost, limited crop moisture, and catastrophic bush fires which commanded worldwide attention during the last two years are again occurring early in 2022.

Outside of some brief breaks in the pattern, clippers have been on a constant bombardment across North America since late December. When can we expect this weather pattern to change? It may not take much longer.

Updated forecasts now call for La Nina to influence crop weather through at least the start of the 2022 Northern Hemisphere growing season.

A stalled front and several pieces of energy riding along it will produce a widespread moderate to heavy mixed precipitation event for a large portion of the country this week. This storm system is one of the biggest so far this season with some of the most widespread...

A pattern change is about to take place across North America. But models have been showing disagreement, as mentioned earlier this week on DTN. Since then, there has been a little compromise in both models, but overall, the differences in the ridge remain, making it difficult to...

January's Tonga volcano eruption calls to mind the effect of 1991's Mount Pinatubo blow-up on U.S. crop weather. Could ash and particulates from the latest volcano be far-reaching enough to affect the global climate and, in turn, possibly the upcoming growing season for U.S...

A pattern change is about to take place across North America. But models do not agree if it will be permanent or transient. Uncertainty makes it difficult to produce forecasts and differences between models may be misleading.

La Nina-related dryness in the Southern Plains is evident in drought changes during the past three months.