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Across the Corn Belt, warmer conditions across the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes are helping to push late-developing summer crops closer to maturity. Later Wednesday, high temperatures will approach 90°F as far north as the mid-Mississippi Valley. Where crops are fully mature, mainly across the southern and western Corn Belt, producers in all but The post Near-ideal, early-autumn weather across the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and precipitation across most of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to an area stretching from the northern Great Basin to the northern High Plains. Meanwhile, drier-than-normal weather should be limited to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. The post While still mild for some of the Heartland, a more active pattern to return; beneficial moisture for much of the Plains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Recently formed Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to rapidly intensify and become a hurricane while accelerating northeastward, then northward, toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. Isaias’ initial position estimate is about 580 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. U.S. landfall is forecast to occur late Friday or early Saturday, with areas from southeastern The post Brownfield Ag Weather Today appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Sprouting corn and colorful soybeans are showing up in some fields as combines roll across South Dakota, Iowa and Missouri. Jeff Kloucek is a crop consultant and farmer in eastern South Dakota. “There’s normal soybeans, green beans, purple beans, some that are almost black, yellow or a dark gold to brown,” he says. Kloucek says The post Midwest farmers report sprouting corn, purple soybeans during harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.