The North Atlantic hurricane season officially begins today, Jun. 1, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its projection for the season. It echoes a previous forecast from researchers at Colorado State, calling for an above-average season for both the number [...]
Planting of 2022/23 soybeans remained behind average pace as of Apr. 24 due to a slow start in Illinois and Iowa, which were both just 1 percent planted vs. their five-year averages of 8 percent and 3 percent. Indiana soybean plantings had yet to [...]
NOAA reported that 37 percent of the contiguous U.S. was under conditions of severe to extreme drought in July (Palmer Drought Index), about unchanged from the previous month. Some 44 percent of the country falls under moderate to extreme drought conditions. The southwest is [...]
NOAA’s August outlook calls for above-average rain in the eastern Grain Belt and average rain in most other areas. Below-average rain is expected in the western Dakotas and in western Nebraska as the drought continues. Above-average temperatures are forecast across the northern region and [...]
Much of the northwestern Grain Belt has experienced drought conditions in recent months, which are expected to continue for another few weeks, at least. As of Jun. 30, NOAA’s one-month outlook features above-average temperatures and below-average rains in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and [...]
NOAA’s two-week outlook calls for above-average rain and below-average temperatures in most of the Grain Belt, which should be favorable for developing corn and soybean crops. Expected rains have put some pressure on prices even as above-average temperatures dried out soils during the past [...]
After a handful of winter storms during December, the latest NOAA two-week forecast is showing a warming trend across most of the lower 48 states as we begin 2021 at least through the first half of January. This continues a trend of mostly near-normal [...]
Through Oct. 9, NOAA sees an even chance for above-average or below-average temperatures in Wisconsin, Illinois, eastern Iowa, and most of Missouri. West of these areas, the probability for above-average temperatures rises by 5 to 10 points. East of Wisconsin and Illinois, the probability [...]
