Ag Weather Forum

Irrigation-dependent farming areas of the western United States face a growing season with curtailed water supply because of low snowpack-generated runoff.

Low temperatures and frost can kill vast areas of growing crops early on in the season in the U.S. What makes frost a killer? And what are the meteorological factors that favor frost conditions?

There is some soggy ground in the early fieldwork areas of the southern U.S. and Eastern Midwest.

With planting starting to get underway and wheat waking from dormancy, the risk of cold damage and frost are the near-term weather factor producers need to watch for this spring.

A storm system will produce severe weather from the Southern Plains to the Southeast this week. Storms on Wednesday are expected to be widespread and intense across the Deep South.

Major crops have a mixed situation when it comes to drought going into spring.

The cold, arctic air has left the forecast for spring, but some cooler weather can still occur. That is especially true as we move into a pattern that favors quick-moving storm systems for the next couple of weeks.

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.