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July forecast brings unclear chances for rain
Farmers keeping a close eye on the summer weather forecast as crops enter critical growth stages.
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Crop loss not anticipated as Missouri River flooding continues
A climatologist says he doesn’t expect significant crop loss despite the recent heavy rains. Brian Fuchs with the National Drought Mitigation Center says there has been some flooding along the Missouri River corridor. “It will be interesting to see if the flows on the river are at a point where we’re not seeing that big…
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A patchwork quilt of field conditions in northern MN
A technical agronomist with Channel Seed says corn and soybean conditions vary in northern Minnesota, based on when the crops were planted. “It’s like a quilt this year when it comes to the stages of corn and soybeans.” Derek Crompton tells Brownfield “the corn that went in around Mother’s Day is actually shoulder high, where…
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A drying trend ahead for the water-logged, wettest areas of Corn Belt, upper Midwest
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal rainfall from the southern Plains to the East Coast, including the lower Midwest, should contrast with drier-than-normal weather from the Pacific Northwest into the upper Midwest. Meanwhile, near- or below-normal temperatures are ahead across the nation’s mid-section, including the mid-South, much of…
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Brownfield Ag Weather Today
Over the next 5 days, a procession of cold fronts will maintain active weather across the central and eastern U.S., with frequent showers and thunderstorms. Some of the heaviest rain, locally 1 to 3 inches or more, will fall in nearly parallel strips—from the central Plains to the middle Atlantic Coast and from the upper…
