Ag Weather Forum

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.

With heavy rains moving east of the Corn Belt, the director of the Midwest Climate Hub said farmers may have a window to get in the fields.

As of mid-Thursday, the models show some chances for showers in the Prairies during the next three days. The best chance for a drought-breaking rain will be in central Alberta.

Corn planting progress in the eastern Midwest is far behind the five-year average. Unfortunately, an active weather pattern is in the forecast for some of the areas that need more dry days for fieldwork.

Northern areas may be drier, but south-central and eastern crop areas remain in the path of rain and continued flooding in early June.

Dryness in the Prairies has only a slim chance of easing during the first week of June.

Corn planting progress in the Midwest remains well-behind normal, especially over eastern areas.

For the first time in 19 years, this week's U.S. Drought Monitor map will likely show no area of the continental United States in anything worse than "moderate" drought. This isn't automatically bearish for the grain markets, however, as much of the Corn Belt now struggles with...

The forecast suggests that the pattern of favorable weather for planting in the Prairies region will continue during the next 10 days. However, stress is likely to build on developing crops due to a lack of significant rain outside of a few local areas.

The wet central U.S. pattern appears set to last into early June.

Continued heavy rain and flooding are widely forecast for much of the Midwest and Plains through the end of May.

Spring 2019 continues to offer the Canadian Prairies only limited precipitation.

The central U.S. weather pattern refuses to turn drier for planting.

A return of moderate-to-heavy rain is indicated for the pre-Memorial Day week in the central U.S.

Mid-May offers at least a few days of more-favorable conditions for U.S. planting progress.

Rain prospects for the Canadian Prairies look more promising over the last half of May.

Wet conditions again delayed Midwest corn planting during the past week. A forecast weather pattern change in mid-May could allow better progress.

Heaviest flooding in a generation, and associated corn planting delays, have lower production chances increasing.

Despite continued wet conditions, significant corn planting progress was made in Iowa last week.

The late April-early May window looks closed for planting.