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Weather

What the sky is doing wherever you farm.

Forecast for major agricultural regions around the world, five-day outlook, plus weather alerts flagged by the community. Pick your region; more get added as the community grows.

Today · Corn Belt · USA

Thursday, July 23

27°

Low 18° · Rain 4mm · Wind S 18 km/h

Humid, thunderstorm risk

Fri

29°

19°

6mm

Sat

26°

17°

2mm

Sun

24°

15°

,

Mon

26°

16°

,

Tue

28°

18°

3mm

Community-flagged and syndicated weather risks, most recent first.

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What's making waves in the fields. Emergencies people are working through, good seasons worth celebrating, innovation on the ground, tools worth trying, ideas going round, and facts worth knowing. Grouped by kind, newest first.

Weather emergencies

  • Wheat field under an open sky, placeholder for weather section hero⚠ Emergency
    PunjabJul 1

    Punjab flood watch: monsoon runs 40% ahead of average

    Meteorological offices in Amritsar report a 40% above-average July rainfall to date. Standing wheat harvest at risk in low-lying districts; drainage checks recommended before Friday.

  • Sheep at rest, placeholder for support section hero⚠ Emergency
    SahelJun 28

    Sahel: pastoralists moving herds early as rain stays late

    FAO forecasts show a delayed rainy season across Mali and Burkina Faso for the third year running. Pastoralist networks are moving south a month earlier than usual, water points already strained.

Good seasons, well-run

  • Dairy cows✓ Success
    East AngliaJun 25

    East Anglia dairy: record milk-solids after mild spring

    A run of mild March-May weather in Cambridgeshire has produced the strongest spring milk-solids since 2019. Two herds in the region report >2.3 kg MS/cow/day averages through May.

Innovation on the ground

  • Arable field✦ Innovation
    PampasJun 20

    Pampas: 220 farms co-buy solar-powered pivots, cut diesel 65%

    A grower co-op across three provinces has switched 220 centre-pivot irrigators to solar-DC after a bulk-order deal cut equipment cost by a third. Diesel spend down 65% year on year.

  • Arable field✦ Innovation
    Mekong DeltaJun 22

    Mekong Delta: precision drones cut pesticide 40% in rice trials

    A joint MARD-CGIAR trial across 12,000 ha of rice paddy shows drone-based precision spraying reducing pesticide use 38-42% vs blanket application, with no yield penalty. Rollout starting Q4.

Tools worth trying

Ideas going round

  • Rolling green pasture, placeholder for a farm hero image💡 Idea
    Corn BeltJul 2

    Corn Belt storm window: sprayers stalled Sat-Mon

    A stalled front over Iowa keeps thunderstorm risk high across the weekend. Farmers already report tightening sprayer windows to 4am-8am to avoid wind shifts. Group text alerts spreading among Central Iowa co-ops.

Facts worth knowing

  • Wheat field under an open sky, placeholder for weather section hero📊 Fact
    GlobalJul 1

    Fact: 2026 Asian monsoon 12% wetter than 30-year average

    The IMD's July mid-point summary shows the 2026 south-Asian monsoon 12% ahead of the 1994-2024 average, the wettest since 2019. Regional variation high; north-west India +32%, south peninsula +2%.

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Placeholder weather data across ten major agricultural regions worldwide. Replace with a global weather API (Open-Meteo covers most of the planet for free) when wired.