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
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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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Frontal boundaries will spark scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Corn Belt through the second half of this week. These rain showers and thunderstorms could bring much-needed rainfall to corn and soybeans standing in soil that is short on moisture.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Heavy rainfall for parts of the Corn Belt improved soil moisture in some areas, but those that missed the rain saw their soil moisture decline. Even so, little moisture storage below the topsoil layer is tempering the rainfall forecasts as crops approach reproductive stages.
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
The U.S. is now on a three-year run of damaging June upper-air heat domes thanks to the Texas dome of 2023.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
A derecho brought widespread wind damage and hurricane-force winds to Illinois and surrounding areas along the Iowa-Missouri border and into southern Indiana on June 29.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Though heavy rain will be welcomed in the southern Corn Belt through this weekend, it comes with the risk of significant severe weather the next few days, including potential derechos, damaging winds, large hail, and perhaps a few tornadoes as well.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Models are coming to an agreement that the southern end of the Corn Belt is due for some heavier rainfall over the next two weeks. But will it verify? And is it too late?
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Accounting for the rain that moved through the country over the last week will go a long way in determining how the U.S. Drought Monitor will look Thursday. We examine some areas that are likely to improve and others that are likely to degrade.
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Sorghum production has a good chance of rebounding, even with drought lingering in the top production state of Kansas.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The development of El Nino conditions in the Pacific Ocean made many areas optimistic about the weather during the spring and summer of 2023, but that has not been the case for many. Will this pattern change for the better, and will it be quick enough to save this year's...
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Blocking high pressure over northern Europe dried out the late spring and may influence most of the summer pattern as well.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Drought continued to expand across much of the Corn Belt in the last week, despite some rain that moved through. Concerns about crop conditions continue to mount, but not all hope is lost. The weather pattern does point to several periods of rain for the region, but with...
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