Nov 07 | Weather Update and Market Review
The 2025 Farm Assets Conference is scheduled for Friday, December 12 at the AgriCenter in Bloomington, Illinois. The doors open at 7:30 a.m. central. The program starts at 8:00 a.m. Registration for 2025 is $80 per person through noon December 8 and $100 thereafter. Media and Extension personnel may register for free.
CLICK TO REGISTER and for complete Farm Assets Conference details.
You may also want to register for the 2025 Illinois Farm Economic Summits. Visit the IFES website for more details about these ag econ meetings in DeKalb, Peoria, and Mt. Vernon.
Contact Todd Gleason at tgleason@illinois.edu or (217) 333-9697 if you have questions.
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LET’S TALK FUNDAMENTALS
Commodity Markets and Crop Budgets
Trade, Transportation, and the Global Grain Markets.
DEMAND ON THE HORIZON
Signs Point to a Bullish Biofuels Policy
BioManufacturing and the Future of Ag
Ag Policy Objectives and Prospects
SPREADSHEETS AND MUDDY BOOTS
Why you should use the N-Rate Calculator
Crop Sciences for the 2026 Growing Season
RESEARCH, OUTREACH, AND WORKING TOGETHER
Round Table with the Ag Leadership
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CLIMATE REVIEW & WEATHER FORECAST
It was a nice start to November, with average temperatures from the mid-40s in northern Illinois to the low 50s in southern Illinois, between 1 and 3 degrees below normal. High temperatures this week regularly reached into the 60s and even low 70s in several places, including highs of 74 in Carbondale and 72 in Quincy.
by Trent Ford, State Climatologist
ISWS PRI University of Illinois
Meanwhile, low humidity early in the week allowed nighttime temperatures to dip well below freezing on multiple nights, including impressive lows of 23 degrees in Lincoln and 24 in Decatur. Only the very far southern reaches of the state have not yet had their first fall freeze, which is not really unusually given that the first sub-freezing temperatures in far southern Illinois usually come in the first or second weeks of November.
A few weak storm systems pushed through the state this week, producing modest rainfall totals. 7-day accumulation ranged from nearly 2 inches in southwest Illinois to less than a quarter of an inch in northwest Illinois. Roughly three quarters of the state remains in moderate to extreme drought in this week’s US Drought Monitor, although much of southern Illinois saw significant improvement since mid-October thanks to multiple rounds of heavier rain.
Looking ahead, we’re going to get a brief taste of winter but then quickly come back to fall next week. A large trough in the jet stream will dip past the Midwest over the weekend, dropping temperatures well into the 20s and 30s statewide. Combined with breezy weather, wind chill values will be in the teens to 20s across the state on Sunday and early Monday. However, we’ll see temperatures rebound back into the 50s and 60s by Wednesday. Equally noteworthy as the winter temperatures this weekend is the chance of seeing some snowflakes in northern and central Illinois on Sunday and Monday. Snow accumulation will be minimal, but depending on the setup we could see lake enhanced snowfall in parts or much of the northern half of the state.
As we all know, snow and winter mix forecasts can change dramatically even just hours out, so make sure to check the latest forecast before venturing out on Sunday and ahead of the morning commute on Monday morning. Those who are cursing the cold and snow can rejoice, as outlooks for the third week of the month show best chances of above normal temperatures returning, but keeping wetter than normal conditions, too.
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PUBLIC RADIO FOR THE FARMING WORLD
WILLAg.org radio programming for the work week ending November 7, 2025
Commodity Week can be heard in the 2 o’clock hour central time on WILL AM580 or you may subscribe to it using the links in the player below. This week the panelists include Logan Kimmel from Roach Ag, Greg Johnson of TGM, and Sherman Newlin at Risk Management Commodities.
The Closing Market Report airs at 2:06 p.m. central daily on WILL AM580. It, too, is a podcast. Subscribe using the link in the player.