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 (11/13/2023)
• Ag Market Outlook (10/16/2023)
• Ag Market Outlook (10/2/2023)
• Ag Market Outlook (9/20/2023)
• Ag Market Outlook (8/13/2023)
• Ag Decision Maker Crop Marketing
• Cash Corn and Soybean Prices -- A2-11
• Season Average Price Calculator - 2022-23 and 2023-24 - 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)
• Cash Corn and Soybean Prices -- A2-11
• Season Average Price Calculator - 2022-23 and 2023-24 - A2-15 (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
• Finishing Steer Calves (chart | xlsx)
• Finishing Yearling Steers (chart | xlsx)
• 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