Here is the agricultural weather forecast for Friday, July 26, 2024 in the USA, exclusively compiled by Golden Ten Futures APP.

Western United States Cool and rainy weather extends from the northwestern Pacific to the northern Rockies. This rain is beneficial for crops in the northwest, including winter wheat and small grains sown in the spring. At the same time, the hot weather in the Southwest is beneficial for farming and crop growth, although there is a high wildfire threat in some areas of Arizona and New Mexico.

In the western region, the passage of a cold front helped clear some smoke, except near active wildfires. However, air quality remains a concern in several areas, particularly in parts of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. One of the fastest-growing fires, the Park Fire, which began on Wednesday, has burned over 150,000 acres of vegetation near Chico, California.

Corn Planting Area of the United States Showers and a few thunderstorms extend southwest from the Upper Midwest. At the same time, warm and mostly dry weather in the eastern corn belt is favorable for late-season corn and soybean planting, as well as winter wheat growth.

In the plains region, any showers will be light and confined to Montana and Dakotas. Hot and dry weather will be favorable for crop development and fieldwork for most areas, including harvesting northern winter wheat. However, some areas lack topsoil moisture, mainly in the high plains, which have partly adverse effect on immature summer crops. For example, as of July 21, Colorado is leading the country with 27% of sorghum being rated very poor to poor.

Weather Outlook Initially, the active weather in most parts of the United States will eventually consolidate along the cold front sweeping through the central United States on Tuesday. Subsequently, the cold front will reach the coastal states along the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, although cool and unstable showers will persist in the Great Lakes states for a few days. According to preliminary reports, the United States will breathe a sigh of relief from the continuous thunderstorms that triggered more than 500 tornadoes in May. Before calm weather arrives, precipitation in the eastern half of the United States may reach 1 to 3 inches, except in the southern hinterland. In addition, early heat waves will expand in the western United States this weekend, with maximum temperatures exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit and covering lower altitude areas in the desert southwest.

In the Corn Belt, hot weather is expanding into the upper Midwest, where temperatures today are typically in the 90s to near 100°F. Brief heat waves may be beneficial for corn and soybeans in regions that have experienced a cool, wet growing season thus far. Otherwise, clear and mild weather will be favorable for summer crop development in the rest of the Midwest.

Map of US Corn Production Areas

In the South, showery weather will continue from the western Gulf Coast region to the Southern Atlantic coast. The persistent warm and humid weather is increasing disease pressure on some southern crops. In addition, wet weather is slowing down fieldwork, including hay harvesting. Localized areas, including parts of eastern Texas and along the Carolinas coast, are still threatened by flash floods. Rainfall in the southern region will become less organized, although total rainfall of 1 to 3 inches will still be possible in many places over the next 5 days. Meanwhile, a cold front will trigger locally severe thunderstorms as it moves across the northern plains and the upper Midwest, with 1 to 3 inches of rainfall possible in northern Minnesota and nearby areas. In contrast, much of the weather over the next 5 days for areas from the Pacific coast to the plains will be dry, except for monsoon-related showers in the Four Corners region and the interior West over the next few days. Heat will continue to shift eastward, with triple-digit highs expected in the central and southern plains later this weekend into early next week. Triple-digit heat may also spread into the southwestern corn belt.

Chicago SRW Wheat and Corn Futures

The 6-to-10-day outlook from the National Weather Service from July 31 to August 4 shows that almost the entire country will experience above-normal temperatures, with the region extending from the plains and upper Midwest to New England most likely experiencing hotter-than-normal weather. At the same time, near-normal or above-normal rainfall along the Pacific coast, in the southwestern deserts, and in about one-third of the eastern U.S. should contrast dry conditions compared to normal in the Rockies, plains, and upper Midwest.

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Soybeans should be translated as soybean.

The Atlantic Ocean should be translated as the Atlantic.

Cotton should be translated as cotton.