Ag Weather Forum

Derechos are strong thunderstorms associated with severe winds that can pose hazards to maturing crops, but these storms require specific atmospheric conditions to form. During the summer, three notable derechos hit portions of the Corn Belt, with some of the derechos...

A third straight winter of cool Pacific equator waters brings an outlook for dry conditions in the Southern Plains and a snowy prospect over the northern tier of the contiguous U.S.

The background conditions for creating tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin are becoming increasingly more favorable as we get into the peak season, even though it has been a rather quiet year so far. Areas in the South craving more rainfall may be lucky enough to get some...

Southern Plains wheat areas have minimal drought relief indicated in the fall forecast.

Consistency has been hard to come by with regards to weather this growing season, except where drought has formed and been stagnant in the Central and Southern Plains. Yield estimates from the DTN Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligence, are showing that...

Incomplete corn kernel development, or tip back, is a possibility in heat-stressed areas of the Corn Belt this season.

Hot temperatures in early August in the Plains are occasionally spreading eastward through the country. A brief break in the heat for the Plains appears likely, but above-normal temperatures will return.

Persistent thunderstorms that trained over the top of each other for an entire day produced heavy rainfall totals and flooding across large amounts of Illinois farmland.