Current outlooks by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) call for El Nino conditions to continue through winter, with a peak warmth occurring before the end of the year, before the warm event potentially ends in spring, says University of Nebraska Extension.

It’s certainly great to see how far soil-moisture profiles have come across the Great Plains over the past year. Looking at the U.S. Drought Monitor, you don’t see a sea of brown and red colors that the government uses to signify severe major drought problems.

University of Illinois economists believe it's prudent to give serious consideration to managing the elevated risk of below-trend corn yields in 2016, despite the current market structure of prices.

Climate Prediction Center outlooks indicate a continuation of the trend of above-normal moisture from the southwest U.S. through the central Plains, says Nebraska state climatologist Al Dutcher.

Growers using conservation practices such as no-till and cover crops are in better shape to weather El Nino this winter than conventional growers.

With the El Nino situation evolving, cotton growers need to be aware that early harvesting could be very important in 2015, says Oklahoma State University Extension.

A Kansas State University senior agricultural economist says there's a 70% chance an El Nino will arrive this fall and that's good news for the United States. Jay O'Neil, an instructor and specialist at the university's International Grains Program, says what happens with El Nino will affect worldwide crop production. El Nino, which is the warming of the sea temperatures off the coast of Peru, is expected to affect crops during September, October and November.