I direct the USDA Midwest Climate Hub, which covers an eight-state region of the Midwest and Corn Belt. The goal of the hub is to help agriculture adapt to a changing climate and help mitigate climate change. Find out more about the hub here. My educational background is in agricultural climatology/meteorology from Iowa State University (PhD and BS) and South Dakota School of Mines (MS). My career has been developing and delivering climate services (particularly to agriculture) in the Midwest and Northern Plains for over 20 years, previously as the state climatologist for South Dakota. My research interests are in all issues of climate and agriculture and improved access and use of information in stakeholder decision-making.

• Publications

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  • The LTAR Croplands Common Experiment at Upper Mississippi River Basin - Ames-(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    
    
  • Delivering and evaluating climate services: The North Central climate and drought webinar series-(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    
    
  • Midwest -(Book / Chapter)
    Baker, J.M., Wilson, A.B., Ainsworth, E.A., Andresen, J., Austin, J.A., Dukes, J.S., Gibbons, E., Hoppe, B.O., Ledee, O.E., Noel, J., Roop, H.A., Smith, S.A., Todey, D.P., Wolf, R., Wood, J.D. 2023. Midwest. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023.CH24.
    
  • Meeting the drought information needs of Midwest perennial specialty crop producers -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Haigh, T.R., Otkin, J.A., Woloszyn, M., Todey, D.P., Felkley, C. 2022. Meeting the drought information needs of Midwest perennial specialty crop producers. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 61(7):839-855. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0105.1.
    
  • USDA climate change indicators for agriculture: Monitoring climate change impacts to U.S. agriculture-(Abstract Only)
    Todey, D.P., Walsh, M., Backlund, P., Buja, L., Degaetano, A., Melnick, R., Prokopy, L., Takle, E., Ziska, L. 2021. USDA climate change indicators for agriculture: Monitoring climate change impacts to U.S. agriculture. [abstract]. American Meteorological Society Proceedings.
    
  • Evolving regional climate services across the U.S.: Supporting decisions before, during and after the 2019 extreme flood and precipitation event -(Abstract Only)
    Todey, D.P., Kluck, D. 2020. Evolving regional climate services across the U.S.: Supporting decisions before, during and after the 2019 extreme flood and precipitation event. [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union.
    
  • Drainage N loads under climate change with winter rye cover crop in a northern Mississippi River Basin corn-soybean rotation -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Malone, R.W., Garbrecht, J.D., Busteed, P.R., Hatfield, J.L., Todey, D.P., Gerlitz, J., Fang, Q., Sima, M., Radke, A.G., Ma, L., Qi, Z., Wu, H., Jaynes, D.B., Kaspar, T.C. 2020. Drainage N loads under climate change with winter rye cover crop in a northern Mississippi River Basin corn-soybean rotation. Sustainability. 12(18). Article 7630. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187630.
    
  • Climate indicators for agriculture -(Government Publication)
    Walsch, M., Backlund, P., Buja, L., Degaetano, A., Melnick, R., Prokopy, L., Takle, E., Todey, D.P., Ziska, L. 2020. Climate indicators for agriculture. USDA-Climate Change Program Office Technical Bulletin. 1953. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/210930.
    
  • Record wetness and the impact on U.S. Midwest/Plains agriculture growing season 2019 -(Other)
    Todey, D.P. 2020. Sidebar 7.1: Record wetness and the impact on U.S. Midwest/Plains agriculture growing season 2019. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101(8):S334. https://doi.org/10.1175/2020BAMSStateoftheClimate_Chapter7.1.
    
  • USDA climate hubs: Advancing conservation under a changing climate-(Abstract Only)
    Todey, D.P., Elias, E.H., Peck, D.E., Rottler, C.M., Dell, C.J. 2020. USDA climate hubs: Advancing conservation under a changing climate. [abstract] Soil and Water Conservation Society Meeting. July 27-29, 2020, Virtual.
    
  • Agricultural impacts of the spring and summer extremes of 2019-(Abstract Only)
    
    
  • Seasonal climate outlooks for Midwest agriculture: Applying NOAA CPC outlooks for the Midwest/Plains agricultural community-(Abstract Only)
    Todey, D.P., Felkley, C.R., Kistner-Thomas, E.J. 2020. Seasonal climate outlooks for Midwest agriculture: Applying NOAA CPC outlooks for the Midwest/Plains agricultural community. [Abstract] 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
    
  • Developing climate services for agriculture in a changing climate - USDA Climate Hubs-(Abstract Only)
    Todey, D.P., Felkley, C.R., Kistner-Thomas, E.J. 2019. Developing climate services for agriculture in a changing climate - USDA Climate Hubs. [Abstract] American Geophysical Union.
    
  • Climate and extreme weather events taking a toll on specialty crops in the Midwest-(Other)
    Kistner-Thomas, E.J., Todey, D.P. 2018. Climate and extreme weather events taking a toll on specialty crops in the Midwest. Midwest Climate Hub Website. available: https://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/hubs/midwest/news/climate-and-extreme-weather-events-taking-toll-specialty-crops-midwest
    
  • Regional services in a research context: USDA climate hubs in the agricultural research service-(Abstract Only)
    Elias, E.H., Brown, D.P., Ostoja, S.M., Peck, D.E., Todey, D.P. 2017. Regional services in a research context: USDA climate hubs in the agricultural research service [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Available at: https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2017am/webprogram/Paper108203.html.
    
  • Regional services in a research context: USDA Climate Hubs in the Agricultural Research Service-(Abstract Only)
    Elias, E.H., Brown, D.A., Ostoja, S.M., Peck, D.E., Todey, D.P., Rango, A. 2017. Regional services in a research context: USDA Climate Hubs in the Agricultural Research Service [abstrasct]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. October 22-25, 2017, Tampa, Florida, 357-1.
    
  • Vulnerability of specialty crops to short-term climatic variability and adaptation strategies in the Midwestern USA -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Kistner-Thomas, E.J., Kellner, O.B., Andresen, J.A., Todey, D.P., Morton, L.W. 2017. Vulnerability of specialty crops to short-term climatic variability and adaptation strategies in the Midwestern USA. Climatic Change. 146:145-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-2066-1.
    
  • Regional climate services: A regional partnership between NOAA and USDA-(Abstract Only)
    Kluck, D., Peck, D.E., Derner, J.D., Todey, D.P., Umphlett, N., Hall, B. 2017. Regional climate services: A regional partnership between NOAA and USDA. Meeting Abstract. #318774. https://ams.confex.com/ams/23Applied/webprogram/Paper318774.html.
    
  • Regional services in a research context: USDA Climate Hubs in the USDA Agricultural Research Service-(Abstract Only)
    Brown, D.P., Elias, E.H., Ostoja, S.M., Peck, D.E., Todey, D.P. 2017. Regional services in a research context: USDA Climate Hubs in the USDA Agricultural Research Service [abstract]. Proceedings of the American Meteorological Society Conference on Applied. American Meteorological Society 23rd Conference on Applied Climatology, June 26-28, 2017, Asheville, North Carolina. Available at: . https://ams.confex.com/ams/23Applied/webprogram/Paper318812.html.
    
  • Trouble in Ag paradise: Climate vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies in the Midwest-(Abstract Only)
    Kistner-Thomas, E.J., Todey, D.P., Hatfield, J.L. 2017. Trouble in Ag paradise: Climate vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies in the Midwest [abstract]. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Aug. 6-11, 2017, Portland, Oregon.
    

• Projects

  The USDA ARS Climate Hubs – Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability by Impactful Development and Communication of Climate Smart Agricultural Research and Practices – Ames, Iowa In-House Appropriated (D)   Accession Number:445487

  Estimating and Projecting Spring Freeze Risk to Midwest Specialty Crops Grant (G)   Accession Number:442703

  USDA Midwest Climate Hub Climate Services Assessment Grant (G)   Accession Number:446740

  Midwest Ag Climate Tool Development Grant (G)   Accession Number:440954

  NRCS Climate Mitigation Outreach and Education Interagency Reimbursable Agreement (I)   Accession Number:444734

  Integrated Midwest Partnerships for Actionable Climate Tools and Training (IMPACT2): Supporting System Transformation on Working Lands Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)   Accession Number:444418

  Accelerating the Transition to Climate-Smart Strategies by Bolstering the Extension to Midwest Climate Hub Connection Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)   Accession Number:442036

  Midwest Climate Hub Extension Liaison Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number:440955

  Improving Specialty Crop Resilience to Climate Change and Pests in the Midwest Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number:446151

  Purdue University - Midwest Regional Climate Center, Agricultural Climatology Data and Tools Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number:443350

  Iowa State University Extension Climate Program Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number:443714

  University of Minnesota Extension Climate for Tribal and Under - Resourced Farmers Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number:443802

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