The American hard red winter wheat region will likely have below normal rainfall and above normal temperatures in the next three months, the U.S. National Weather Service predicted Feb. 21.
Western regions of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma and large parts of Texas are already dry and could get worse as spring approaches.
The winter wheat crop in Texas was rated 64 percent poor to very poor for the week ending Feb. 17.
In U.S. spring wheat regions, there is no wet or dry trend in the next three months.
Severely dry conditions already exist in the border region between North Dakota and Montana.
The southeast, which has suffered severe drought, could improve in the next three months.
The corn and soybean regions of the Midwest will likely see normal precipitation. The southern Midwest could experience warmer than normal temperatures.
