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For the remainder of the week, disorganized showers will primarily affect areas between the Rockies and Mississippi Valley, with 5-day rainfall totals reaching 1 to 2 inches or more in some locations.  Some of the heaviest rain may fall in Montana and portions of neighboring states, as well as the southern High Plains.  Meanwhile, mostly dry weather will prevail in the Far West and Desert Southwest. Another area of mostly […]

Across the Corn Belt, scattered showers are confined to the upper Midwest.  Elsewhere, sudden warmth and ongoing dry conditions are reducing topsoil moisture for corn and soybean emergence and development.  Wednesday’s high temperatures will reach 85°F or higher throughout the Corn Belt, with a few locations attaining 90°F.  On the Plains, warmth—with Wednesday’s high temperatures generally ranging from 80 to 90°F—is promoting a rapid pace of crop development.  Meanwhile, showers […]

South Dakota farmers had good planting progress and a decent corn condition rating for the first update this season. Corn planting in South Dakota is 92%, well ahead of average for this time of the year, with 63% of the crop emerging. Conditions are rated 65% good to excellent. Soybean planting is at 81% complete with 36% of the crop emerging, both ahead of last year. Winter wheat conditions declined […]

The dry and warm week allowed Wisconsin farmers to plant crops and start the hay harvest. The first cutting of alfalfa hay is now 33% finished, six days ahead of average.  The USDA says the all hay condition is 79% good to excellent, one percent better than a week ago. Potato planting is more than 90% finished, about a day ahead of average. Corn planting is also 90% finished, with […]