A very active pattern has been over South America for the last several months, but the results have been the same: Dry weather for Argentina and heavy rain for southern Brazil.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
A progressive pattern during the next week will bring in a drastic shift in temperatures, going from very high to seasonally low, back up above normal again going into next week. The rollercoaster ride should bring widespread frosts to northern areas of the country.
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Pacific Ocean trade wind measurements show that the current El Nino still trails 1982, 1997 and 2015 in its intensity.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Since the previous story was posted, computer models made a rather dramatic change to the weather pattern for next week.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The weather pattern continues to be active through next week with plenty of chances for widespread precipitation.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Coming off of a historic drought last season, Argentina had gotten some better rainfall earlier this spring, but not recently. Limited soil moisture is a concern for wheat and early corn plantings.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Some heat early in the fall in the middle of the country will be favorable for the continuing harvest for the next couple of weeks, but fall has to arrive at some point. Can it happen in mid or late October?
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Unfavorable Ocean Combination Including Strong El Nino Dries Out Australia's Wheat Moisture Forecast
by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist EmeritusA strong Pacific Ocean El Nino and a dry-impact Indian Ocean Dipole indicate minimal rainfall in Australia's primary wheat regions for the 2023-24 wheat crop.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The average date for the start to the rainy or wet season in central Brazil is around Sept. 26. Are those rains going to be delayed?
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
With four months yet to go, the year 2023 already tops the old calendar-year billion-dollar disaster record by more than 40 percent.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Some isolated showers are developing early this week, but a stronger and slow-moving system could bring heavier rain amounts to the middle of the country later this week and weekend.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Some showers over the next week will not hamper much progress for soybean planting in Brazil next week.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Harvest has already begun but will be increasing over the next few weeks. What does the weather look like as combines roll?
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Drought still covers almost half the major winter wheat areas as seeding gets underway for the 2023-24 crop.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The weather pattern has been more active thanks to El Nino across most of South America, but the heavy rain in southern Brazil has led to flooding concerns as spring planting begins.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
It did not always feel like it, but bouts of extreme heat were quite frequent for much of the central and Western Corn Belt this summer. Drought conditions likely played a major role in the extreme heat.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Last week, models insisted on extreme heat for most of this week and through mid-September. They made a nearly 180-degree turn as milder air now floats into the Corn Belt and probably sticks around through mid-September instead of the heat.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
With the turn to September, the spring planting season is in sight for South America. El Nino will be the biggest influence on the weather pattern for the next several months, and producers down there are likely to be happy about it.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Heat will return to the middle of the country during the next few days. Several days of well-above-normal temperatures are likely for next week, as are drier conditions. But some areas are going to luck out with some more moderate readings while rain is not completely out of...
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by Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
Twice in the past 20 years, August heat waves caused a notable decline in projected record U.S. corn crops.
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