Late Spring Freeze The forecast as of May 6, 2020, shows significantly colder than normal temperature in store over the next 7 days, increasing the risk of a late spring freeze event in the corn belt. Freezing temperatures could negatively impact a newly emerging crop. The map below shows the average minimum temperature over the[…]
A Winter Wheat Freeze A winter wheat freeze during spring can significantly impact national production. April 12 and 13, 1997 saw a short but significant deep freeze in the midwest United States, resulting in potential damage to the US winter wheat crop (see graphic at end of post). The University of Nebraska Lincoln CropWatch points[…]
The 2019 growing season came to an abrupt end across large parts of the U.S. Plains and Upper Midwest between October 11 and October 14, 2019, as a dramatic early-season blizzard developed across North Dakota and unusual cold spread across many states. Snow accumulations of up to 36” occurred in North Dakota in tandem with[…]
The mission of CropProphet is to quantify the impact weather has on crop yield and production as objectively as possible. The #1 request for product improvement during 2018 while discussing our mission with customers was to add ECWMF analysis. ECMWF is the weather forecast model from the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts. It[…]
We all had to wait a bit because of the government shutdown, but the 2018 Crop Yield and Production results from the USDA NASS are in. We are happy to say that CropProphet performed very well for 2018 as summarized by the table below. Below is a bit more information regarding some of the details[…]
Weather and Corn Yield Forecasts – Year over Year GrainBridge has an article discussing if historical corn prices can help to predict future corn prices. In fact, it’s titled “Can Historical Corn Prices help us Predict where Corn Prices will go in the Near Term?“ The article states “A few of the factors driving the[…]