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The timing of the rain will matter this year

Thursday, February 6

With a La Niña in place, precipitation could be sparse throughout much of the Corn Belt. CattleFax meteorologist Matt Makens tells Brownfield, “Whether it be early May, mid-May, late may, early June, whenever you need that water, it’s got to be well timed...

Unseasonably mild weather across much of the Heartland, complicated by rain, areas of fog

Thursday, December 26

Across the Corn Belt, cloudy, mild weather prevails, along with locally dense fog. Patchy freezing drizzle in the northern and western Corn Belt is causing local travel disruptions. Meanwhile, a variable but mostly shallow snow cover exists across the northern tier of the Midwest,...

Rain and snow slow Minnesota farmers finishing fall fieldwork

Monday, November 25

Widespread rain and snow limited Minnesota farmers trying to wrap up fall fieldwork last week. USDA’s final crop report for 2024 shows there were four days suitable, with activities including tillage and planting CRP and cover crops. Topsoil moisture supplies going into winter are...

Windy, cooler to colder weather for the Heartland; snow & rain from the Dakotas to the Ohio Valley

Wednesday, November 20

Across the Corn Belt, a cold front sweeping across areas east of the Mississippi River is generating a few rain showers. Meanwhile, snow showers and windy conditions across the far upper Midwest are temporarily halting fieldwork and increasing livestock stress. Temperatures have fallen to...

Windy, colder weather for parts of the Heartland; snow & rain from the Dakotas to the Ohio Valley

Tuesday, November 19

Across the Corn Belt, rain is spreading into the middle Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys. Elsewhere in the Midwest, mild, dry weather favors fieldwork, including late-season winter wheat planting and final corn and soybean harvesting. On the Plains, a severe-weather threat across the southern...

Largely mild November weather across the Heartland; a little rain eastern Great Lakes region

Friday, November 15

Across the Corn Belt, with recent rainfall having ended, producers are resuming final harvest efforts, as field conditions permit. Among Midwestern States, only Wisconsin had more than 10% of its corn acreage still standing on November 10, with the statewide harvest 89% complete. Friday’s...

Rain lingers south of the lower Ohio Valley; new moisture pattern on the southern High Plains

Thursday, November 7

Across the Corn Belt, dry weather has returned, aside from lingering showers in the Ohio Valley. Fieldwork delays continue where the heaviest rain fell in recent days, mainly across Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, as well as portions of neighboring states. However, only 6%...

Rain lingers in the Ohio Valley; new moisture pattern breaks-out on the western Plains

Wednesday, November 6

Across the Corn Belt, a storm system crossing the upper Midwest is producing widespread rain and slowing or halting fieldwork. A wide temperature gradient exists across the storm, with Tuesday’s Midwestern high temperatures expected to range from near 45°F in much of Minnesota to...

Several winter wheat areas get much-needed rain

Tuesday, November 5

An ag meteorologist says some of the bigger hard red winter wheat growing areas are getting some much-needed rain this week. Drew Lerner with World Weather Incorporated says the most impressive rains over the weekend were in West Texas into southeastern Kansas. “Rain totals...

Eastern Nebraska farmer welcomes rain as harvest wraps up

Monday, November 4

Some much-needed moisture fell over the weekend in eastern Nebraska. Farmer Quentin Connealy tells Brownfield it comes at a good time. “We had done a little bit of tillage, but the ground from the drought was so hard that tillage was not working very...

Rain will delay some harvest progress in MO

Monday, November 4

A farmer in mid-Missouri says the more than an inch of rain that’s fallen over the past few days will delay second crop soybean harvest progress this week. “We’re waiting on late beans to dry down and we’ve been doing some tillage work.” But...

Rain welcome during dry harvest in Iowa

Monday, November 4

A north Iowa farmer is welcoming moisture after extended dryness this fall. Brent Renner of Klemme says this is the first harvest he can remember with no breaks because of rain. “I was anxious to get back in the office and get to the...