After three years with La Nina, the world is transitioning to an El Nino. North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network Director Daryl Ritchison expects the El Nino to be a quick burst over the winter months. “By next summer, it is highly unlikely that we’ll see the El Nino conditions so it’ll be neutral next summer,” said Ritchison. “Every year is unique, but El Nino’s are more of a wintertime event so they impact our winters in the United States, but not so much the growing season.” A strong El Nino typically equates to a warmer and drier-than-normal winter in the Northern Plains. Ritchison was a speaker at Thursday’s Peterson Farms Seed field day.
