Current Outlook, Profitability & Weather Information
Outlook
- Ag Decision Maker Newsletter
- Chad Hart's Latest Outlook Slides
- USDA ERS Outlook for US Agricultural Trade
Crops
- Chad Hart - Extension Economist - Faculty Page
- Ag Market Outlook (Recorded 3/19/2023)
- Ag Market Outlook (Recorded 2/20/2023)
- Ag Market Outlook (Recorded 1/16/2023)
- Ag Market Outlook (Recorded 12/13/2022)
- Ag Decision Maker Crop Marketing
- Cash Corn and Soybean Prices -- A2-11
- Season Average Price Calculator - 2021-22 and 2022-23 - A2-15 (xlsx)
- Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator
- USDA World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates Report
- USDA-NASS Crop Production
- USDA-NASS Crop Progress Report
- USDA Wheat Outlook
- USDA Oil Crops Outlook
- USDA Cotton & Wool Outlook
- FarmDoc Daily Weekly Outlook
- K-State Grain Market Outlook Newsletter
- Iowa Farm Outlook - Archives
Livestock
- USDA ERS Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
- USDA Feed Outlook
- USDA-NASS Hog and Pig Report
- USDA-NASS Cattle Report
- USDA-NASS Cattle on Feed Report
- USDA-NASS Cold Storage
- USDA-AMS COOL website
- UNL Market Journal
- K-State Livestock & Meat Marketing Website
- University of Missouri's Daily Porkline Data Sheet
- University of Missouri's Weekly Market Data Sheet (Price & Production Summary)
Current Profitability
(Files Updated Monthly)
Crops
- Monthly Profitability of Corn Production - A1-85 (xlsx)
- Monthly Profitability of Soybean Production - A1-86 (xlsx)
Livestock
- Crush Margins
- Estimated Livestock Returns
- Swine
- Farrow to Finish (chart | xlsx)
- Farrow to Wean (chart | xlsx)
- Wean to Feeder (chart | xlsx)
- Wean to Finish (chart | xlsx)
- Feeder to Finish (chart | xlsx)
- Cattle
- Historic Estimated Livestock Returns (1991 - 2015) (updated annually)
Energy
- Monthly Profitability of Ethanol Production - D1-10 (xls)
- Monthly Profitability of Biodiesel Production - D1-15 (xls)
- Midwest Ethanol Prices - (xlsx)
- Ethanol Basis - (xlsx)
- Fuel vs. Grain (updated quarterly - xlsx)
- Fuel vs. Grain (updated annually - xlsx)
Weather
Growing Season Information
- Corn Growing Degree Day (GDD) decision support tool
- Growing Season Maps
- Soil Moisture - National Weather Service
- Soil Temperatures - ISU Soil Moisture Network
- Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
- US Wind Climatology
- Freeze Date Tool - Midwestern Regional Climate Center
Current Weather
- Drought Information
- US Drought Monitor - Updated each Thursday
- US Drought Monitor - Disaster Assistance Programs - National Drought Mitigation Center
- North Central US Monthly Climate and Drought Summary and Outlook
- Water Summary Update - Iowa DNR
- Precipitation Ranks - NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
- National Weather Service
- Local - click on map to get local office, click on local office map to get warnings
- Quantitative Precipitation Estimates
- River Observations
- ISU Extension and Outreach Disaster Recovery Resources
Forecasts
- Midwest Climate Hub
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | State Climate Summaries 2022 - Iowa
- NWS Climate Prediction Center - Forecast for Days 6-10 and 8-14, monthly and seasonal outlooks
- ACIS Climate Maps
- University of Kentucky Ag Forecasts - based on NWS forecast