Ag Weather Forum

Above normal temperatures and precipitation are indicated east of the Rockies during the mid-May time frame.

A weekend freeze brought slight crop damage but is slowing down plant development.

Freezing temperatures are likely this weekend in almost all the Midwest and well into the post-Mother's Day week in the Northern Plains.

Sub-freezing temperatures are possible in the Plains and Midwest during Mother's Day weekend.

Most river systems in the north-central U.S. are below flood stage going into late spring.

The U.S. Drought Monitor is noting a larger area of the interior sector of the contiguous U.S. has either beginning phases of drought or some intensifying drought.

Damage to millions of acres of winter wheat is becoming visible after temperatures plunged below freezing for several consecutive nights in mid-April.

Milder conditions in 2020 combined with producer urgency to bring sharp advances in corn planting progress.

Much less precipitation in the central and northern U.S. since a year ago has helped fieldwork get off to a faster start in 2020.

New research from Columbia University indicates the imprint of climate change on prospects for very long-term drought in the western United States.

Central U.S. rain in the next seven days poses a delay to planting.

Ample soil moisture and neutral Pacific Ocean conditions suggest no threat to U.S. row crops for the 2020 summer.

A string of nights with subfreezing temperatures put millions of acres of winter wheat in the Southern Great Plains at risk this week.

Plains winter wheat is in trouble due to harsh cold.

Arctic cold heads for wheat areas that have lost their winter hardiness.

Much below normal temperatures are set to cover the entire central U.S. in the next week to 10 days.

The five-year period ending in 2019 set a new record for precipitation in the Missouri River Basin.

The Canadian Prairies face an extended period of below normal temperatures through much of April.

Heavy rain and severe storms loom as impediments to Midwest spring fieldwork prospects going into the last few days of March.

Drier conditions may be on the way for the entire central U.S. in the six-to-10-day time frame.