With the turn to September, the spring planting season is in sight for South America. El Nino will be the biggest influence on the weather pattern for the next several months, and producers down there are likely to be happy about it.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Heat will return to the middle of the country during the next few days. Several days of well-above-normal temperatures are likely for next week, as are drier conditions. But some areas are going to luck out with some more moderate readings while rain is not completely out of...
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Twice in the past 20 years, August heat waves caused a notable decline in projected record U.S. corn crops.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Recent rainfall has come too late to help this year's crop and is hampering harvest progress in some areas. The forecast remains a little volatile, especially toward the end of next week.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The Central U.S. has been in a major heat wave during the last week or so, but that will end this weekend. However, there are indications that the heat will return in September. Whether or not that comes with increased rainfall is still being determined.
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
High heat index values pose yield risk to crops along with safety and health stress to animals.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Hurricane Hilary, which underwent rapid intensification on Aug. 17, is forecast to move over southern California Aug. 20-21 with widespread heavy rainfall and concerns about flooding and mudslides.
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
The first seven months of 2023 rank the highest on record for billion-dollar weather and climate disaster events.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Heat is starting to build across the Plains and will be spreading through much of the country over the next several days. The heat will lose its intensity for northern and eastern areas with time, but not before bringing stressful conditions to many areas.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Heavy rains over much of the Corn Belt during the last several weeks have eased drought across a lot of the region. But even in areas of heavy rainfall, drought still exists on the map. Why is drought showing up even though heavy rain has turned around all sorts of drought...
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
A pace of corn dent that is one week ahead of average may be a sign of stress in the Iowa corn crop.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
After a nice stretch of mild and rather wet weather across a lot of the U.S. Corn Belt, there are model indications that a hot ridge could form up across the middle of the country for the end of August and beginning of September.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
If not for an extremely dry period from mid-May to mid-June, the variable rainfall pattern and overall mild temperatures this summer would have set up most of the Corn Belt with high potential.
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Vegetation health analysis reinforces ideas of needed moisture as late summer approaches
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Stress from even a short period of hot days and very warm nights can reduce corn yields.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Hot weather that engulfed the U.S. this week will get some relief across the north. Southern and western areas will see the heat continue next week.
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Neutral Pacific Ocean SOI readings point to jet stream tracks which hint at La Nina more than El Nino, unfavorable for U.S. row crops.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
A heat dome will spread above-normal temperatures into much of the U.S. next week. Heat stress will be coming at an inopportune time for pollinating and filling corn as well as filling soybeans. There is some potential for rainfall across some areas, but an overall hotter and drier...
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Snowmelt water has allowed Colorado River reservoirs to fill well above the very low levels of 2022.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
It's a popular topic when drought becomes entrenched, but it's not always an easy answer.
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