DTN Market Impact Weather

OMAHA (DTN) -- Cooler weather for the Midwest and generally favorable crop conditions are the key weather items for the commodity trade's attention Monday.

COOL, DRIER MIDWEST TREND

The DTN ag weather forecast calls for no significant hot weather to affect reproductive crops in the Midwest during the next seven days. Drier weather is expected for much of this week, except far west and southwest areas. Soil moisture should support favorable development in the Midwest. Northern Missouri is still quite dry and needs rain to prevent further declines in yields potential. There is a chance for some showers in this area during the week.

COOLER WEATHER COMING FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS

In the Central and Southern Plains, increasing showers and eventually cooler weather during this week should help ease stress in key corn and soybean areas. Showers have developed in western areas during the night. The main central and east growing areas may not see significant rain occur until the Thursday-to-Saturday timeframe.

DRY WEEK FOR WEST TEXAS

Cotton areas of west Texas sees no significant rain forecast during the next seven days, although later this week showers may develop in the Texas Panhandle. Temperatures will be in the upper 90s to low 100s Fahrenheit Monday, lower Tuesday, and low to upper 90s F Wednesday through Sunday.

DRIER TREND FOR NORTHERN PLAINS

Northern Plains' crop areas will see favorable soil moisture for developing corn and soybeans. Little rainfall during the next seven to 10 days will deplete soil moisture; however, due to a lack of hot weather, little crop stress is expected.

LIMITED WESTERN PRAIRIES RAIN

Showers remain fairly limited over southwest and central areas of the Canadian Prairies during the next seven days. More are expected in north and east areas.

Temperatures turn low during the next three to five days, then increase again after that.

SOME IMPROVEMENT FOR UKRAINE, RUSSIA

Recent rain and less hot weather has helped ease stress to late reproductive and filling corn in the south and east Ukraine and south Russia, but is unlikely to significantly improve prospects after the extremes of this summer. A more showery pattern would benefit filling sunflower more than corn at this time. Recent generous rains have improved prospects in key sugarbeet areas of west and north Ukraine and Belarus.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CHINA

Northeastern China had thunderstorms in the far west and north areas during the weekend. It was drier and somewhat hotter elsewhere in the region. A weakening former tropical storm will bring some rain to the area early this week but significant rain likely occurs in a relatively narrow band.

INCREASING STRESS IN CENTRAL CHINA

In central China, fairly hot, mostly dry weather continued into Sunday. There is increasing stress to reproductive and filling summer crops, especially central and south areas that are also too dry. A weakening tropical storm Ampil brought rain to eastern areas during the past

24 hours. Rain early this week will be mainly in Shandong and Hebei due to this feature and a cold front moving in from the west. Drier, hotter weather continues elsewhere in the region. The area may see some increase in showers during the week with mostly above normal temperatures.

MORE INDIA MONSOON RAIN

There were moderate to heavy thunderstorms during the weekend through much of the north and east-central India region. There was less in west-central areas. The monsoon will continue to be active in north and central interior locations during this week.

Elaine Shein can be reached at elaine.shein@dtn.com

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