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U.S. West-Central High Plains Freeze Wheat Impact Low

Kansas City, May 7 (World Weather Inc.) – A late-season frost and freeze event has occurred overnight in the U.S. west-central high Plains region from Colorado and southwestern Nebraska into western Kansas and the Oklahoma and northwestern Texas Panhandles. Freezes in Kansas may not have been hard enough for a long enough period of time to induce serious harm to the wheat crop, although an assessment will have to be made to determine its full impact. Some of the impact will not be fully understood until the harvest since the impact of such conditions often results in the sterilization of the plant’s reproductive parts leaving wheat heads empty of grain when the harvest occurs. Colorado was coldest and wheat was most immature and partially buried in snow across that state further reducing the impact.

North China Plain Will Need Rain Later This Month

Kansas City, May 6 (World Weather Inc.) – Early-season planting conditions are favorable for much of China due to adequate moisture and timely precipitation in recent weeks. Harvesting of the winter rapeseed has likely advanced swiftly around rain in the Yangtze River Basin as well. The main winter wheat areas in the North China Plain also had enough moisture to support good late-season growth. With temperatures rising in the coming weeks, planting will continue and expand across China. Areas near and south of the Yangtze River, along with portions of Northeast China, will see a good mix of rain and sunshine in the coming weeks. Planting and establishment conditions will remain favorable. The North China Plain and central Yellow River Basin will dry down through the middle of next week, especially as temperatures climb above normal. The need for timely rain will increase later this month to support better establishment and growth for summer coarse grains, oilseeds, and cotton.

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U.S. Southeast, Delta To Get Additional Drought Relief

Kansas City, May 6 (World Weather Inc.) – Portions of the U.S. Delta and Tennessee River Basin received significant rain in the past week to ten days easing drought and improving crop and field conditions. However, the region still has some notable moisture deficits. Additional rain predicted in this coming week will be additive to the recent past rainfall to help further ease drought conditions and maintain a favorable or improving production outlook. Drought in the southeastern states is still quite serious and despite some needed rain falling this past weekend there is an ongoing need for much more moisture. The region from Northern Florida and southeastern Alabama to South Carolina will get some needed moisture in the coming week, but there will continue to be a need for more moisture. Establishment and early-season development conditions should slowly improve in the Delta and southeastern states; however, more rain will be needed later this month into early June to improve long-term production potentials for coarse grains, oilseeds, cotton, and other crops.

U.S. Hard Red Wheat Thursday Temperatures Drop Raising Risk

Kansas City, May 6 (World Weather Inc.) – An impressive pocket of cold air has been over the central United States for the past two days leaving temperatures well below normal for this time of year. Snow and rain are falling this morning in west-central portions of hard red winter wheat country keeping temperatures above the damage threshold; however, colder conditions are likely Thursday morning with clearing skies. The official forecast for low temperatures Thursday in the west-central high Plains is colder than advertised earlier this week raising the potential for some wheat damage.