A front that has been stalled across Paraguay and southern Brazil since last week will finally move north with some showers next week. Unfortunately, it'll be too little too late for most of the crop.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
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Drought has been plaguing central Brazil's second-season (safrinha) corn crop for the last several weeks. With much of the crop headed toward maturity, time is running out for rainfall to provide any relief.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Southern Brazil has escaped the greatest risk of frost this week thanks to cloud cover and elevated winds. Skies clear out and calm down for Friday and Saturday, which may still bring morning frost to portions of southern Brazil's safrinha corn crop.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Cold air moving into southern Brazil next week could bring risks of frost to an otherwise good start to the safrinha corn season.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The lack of rain since April 16 and limited rainfall for a few weeks prior has soil moisture at critical levels for parts of the primary safrinha (second-crop) corn growing areas in central Brazil. The early start to the dry season may cause production declines in Brazil's...
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
While dryness will hurt corn in central Brazil for the foreseeable future, increased precipitation in southern Brazil and Argentina during the next 10 days should put wheat into a good situation prior to winter.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The distinct end of the wet season in central Brazil can vary wildly, but usually ends the first couple of days of May. La Nina tends to hasten that end by about a week. This year, it will be more than two.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
While the safrinha (second-season) corn crop in Brazil has gotten off to a good start, causing production estimates to increase, that may be too optimistic as dryness that has shown up over the last month could have lasting impacts.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The safrinha (second-season) corn crop in Brazil has gotten off to a good start. But there are concerns that linger for the remainder of the season.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Showers will continue to move through Brazil during the next 10 days but may not be as intense as they likely need to be in central states while southern states see some additional drought improvement.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The wet season is winding down in central Brazil and is falling off rather rapidly in March. Southern Brazil and Argentina are still finding some weather systems moving through to bring showers, but they will be spottier on any heavy amounts. Corn in Brazil and both corn and...
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
After a period of good rainfall in Argentina and southern Brazil, a front moving into southern Brazil will shut off the spigot, leaving both regions drier for the next week and likely beyond.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
A rainy period across drought areas in Argentina and southern Brazil is stabilizing crops and offering some improvement to soil moisture, but the rains will not be enough to make up for dryness that has consumed much of South America this year.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The month of March will not be the end-all, be-all for the second corn crop in Brazil but may cause some concerns for producers if the forecast verifies.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
A period of showers looks to start up late next week (after Feb. 23) and could possibly last into early March. But the dryness already received and the dryness that follows should rob the potential benefit of these showers.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Colder-than-normal waters along the equator in the Pacific Ocean have led to abnormally dry conditions for Argentina and southern Brazil since November. Record heat that coincided with the dryness in early January took its toll on early planted corn and soybeans. The weather...
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Gains in the good-to-excellent crop ratings in corn and soybeans have been trimmed in Argentina this week. The outlook for the next several weeks does not offer much optimism for the crops.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Heavy rains have fallen across Argentina in the 12 days since Jan. 15 and have amounted to significant totals and a turnaround from recent dryness.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Scattered showers started to develop in Argentina Jan. 15 and will be in the area through Jan. 27 before moving farther into Brazil and returning to a drier La Nina pattern. Will the rains be enough to undo the drought?
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
After weeks of hot and dry conditions that have caused crop conditions to steadily decline, widespread heavy showers are forecast for about a week across Argentina and Southern Brazil.
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