John Baranick

Hot and mostly dry conditions for the first half of June will reverse with a system moving through this coming weekend. The storm that brings the changes may lead to some widespread rainfall to the Corn Belt.

The location of showers and thunderstorms moving through Corn Belt into next week and an intense heatwave in the Black Sea region are the primary weather concerns holding the market's attention Friday.

Heat continues in the Plains Friday, making favorable conditions for wheat harvest.

Periods of showers and thunderstorms moving through the Corn Belt and a heatwave developing in the Black Sea region are the primary weather concerns holding the market's attention Thursday.

A pattern change bringing colder conditions and scattered showers to the Corn Belt and a heatwave developing in the Black Sea region are the primary weather concerns holding the market's attention Wednesday.

A reversal from the hot and dry June in the Corn Belt along with continued dryness in Brazil are the primary weather concerns holding the market's attention Tuesday.

Changes to the hot and dry period along with Brazil's continued dryness are the primary weather concerns holding the market's attention Monday.

Severe thunderstorms that moved through the Northern Plains Thursday night are the start to a drier pattern that continues next week and a potential for some limited showers in central Brazil are the primary weather concerns...

Severe thunderstorms in the Northern Plains and a potential for some limited showers in central Brazil are the primary weather concerns holding the market's attention Thursday.

Disappointing showers across the eastern Midwest and the continued dryness for central Brazil are the primary weather concerns holding the market's attention Wednesday.

Heat with some periods of showers across the northern crop areas and continued dryness in central Brazil are the primary weather concerns holding the market's attention Tuesday.

Heat across the north with some mixed precipitation and the continued dryness in central Brazil are the primary weather concerns holding the market's attention Monday.

The heat's increasing drought stress across the northern United States and the consistently dry weather pattern in central Brazil continues to hold the market's attention Friday.

The heat is beginning to expand from the Western United States into the Northern Plains. Dryness should come with it, leading to stressful conditions for row crops.

Heat will expand across the northern tier of the U.S. and Canadian Prairies with near-record temperatures Wednesday, exacerbating the drought. An upper level low pressure system will provide more widespread showers next week...

Periods of showers that continue across northern crop areas for the next week and improvement for winter corn in southern Brazil are the focus for the commodity market's attention on Friday.

The April 5 USDA weekly crop progress report showed a dramatic drop in soil moisture from the same point last year.