Ag Weather Forum

Prospects are low for moisture deficits in the western Midwest and Plains to recover in the first three months of 2021.

Winter wheat areas may receive some useful precipitation during the next seven-day period.

A prominent climate forecast agency calls for continued dryness in South America and in the U.S. Southern Plains due to La Nina.

Derecho winds and drought combined to resemble the harsh hot and dry 2012 season in Iowa cornfields.

A much wetter seven-day period replaces the very warm and dry start to November.

October offered heat, chills and a large dry versus wet contrast.

New-crop corn basis bids throughout the state of Iowa have strengthened by an average of 15 cents since the derecho storm damaged fields in mid-August. Strong basis bids at harvest are contra-seasonal, but in 2020, there are a multitude of influences at play.

Big swings in the upper air pattern lead to a wintry feel in the 10-day forecast.

Here's a look into how atmosphere and ocean conditions reinforce each other during a La Nina event.

A rebound from harsh cold is in store for the central U.S.

Very cold air indicated to have a short duration across central United States.

Rain and snow halt harvest in much of the Midwest. That further complicates a slow, difficult harvest in areas hit by the August derecho.

Snow chances in the Plains highlight the forecast going into the last half of October.

Comments on the monthly climate report show doubts about crop moisture recharge before spring 2021.

Monthly and year-to-date temperatures over most of the world reached new high levels -- sometimes by leaps and bounds.

Snow chances in the Plains highlight the forecast going into the last half of October.

Pacific Ocean barometer measurements show La Nina is in effect, but not like some stronger events in the last 10-12 years.

A new study indicates climate change is increasing the size, strength and impact of drought.

Drought disaster replaces bomb cyclone floods in eastern Nebraska in only 18 months.

Hurricane and northern cold front activity offer a prospect for stormier central U.S. weather ahead of the middle of the month.