South America Calling

Dry weather through the weekend and into early next week will give way to a brief period of widespread showers. But will the region turn dry again?

Dry weather through the weekend and into early next week will give way to a brief period of widespread showers. But will the region turn dry again?

Brazil's soybean crop isn't even half planted yet and traders are already concerned about its bearish impact on future prices. We have seen this before.

A strong cold front will move through Argentina and most of Brazil Oct. 30 to Nov. 1. Cold and dry conditions will follow behind the front.

Unlike the rapid planting going on in Brazil, Argentina is off to its slowest corn planting progress in the last six years.

It is not as fast as last year, but the planting pace for soybeans this year is faster than average. Generally, good weather conditions so far have pushed producers forward.

Southern Brazil has enjoyed frequent precipitation over the last several months, making for good weather conditions for early planting and establishment. The next 10 days continue that trend. But does La Nina dryness show back up for an extended period in the not-so-distant...

Though La Nina has produced little force on the start of Brazil's growing season, it has had been more significant for Argentina. Dryness concerns continue to impact developing wheat and corn planting. Some producers are going to have to make some tough decisions over the...

Despite La Nina conditions that typically lead to drier weather in southern Brazil and a delay to the wet season in central Brazil, rainfall during the last week and forecast for the coming week are favoring a good start to full-crop corn and first-crop soybean planting.

La Nina will kick off the 2022-23 crop year in South America for the third consecutive season. La Nina typically leads to heat and moisture stress for much of the continent's growing regions. However, forecasts suggest La Nina will lose strength midway through the crop year...

The start to the wet season in central Brazil usually comes in the last few days of September. Models suggest there may be some rains next week ahead of its official start.

Weather conditions in South America during the spring planting season offer some mixed signals but point more toward a hot and dry start for most areas in the 2022-2023 season.

Weather during the safrinha season quickly turned from favorable to unfavorable in central Brazil, but opposite from unfavorable to favorable in southern Brazil, balancing some of the poorer conditions farther north.

Though corn is much further in its development this year than last, the next round of frost could be more widespread than in May and may cause more damage.

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.

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.

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.

Cold air moving into southern Brazil next week could bring risks of frost to an otherwise good start to the safrinha corn season.

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...

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.