After three years, the La Nina weather pattern is beginning to fade and an atmospheric scientist says that should mean a wetter spring.
Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions tells Brownfield a shift to El Nino generally means a wetter spring in the Midwest which is good news for the drought stricken western corn belt.
“Overall, I would say this is the first year in the last three where there has been a more favorable outlook for the drought situation in the western corn belt, but it is not yet cured.”
He says east of the Mississippi River, most forecasting models show wetter conditions from the mid-south to the Ohio River valley into spring.
Fading La Nina should lead to a wetter Midwest spring
