CBT Tries to Recover on Firming June/July Corn basis; GASC Secures 240,000 MTs of August Romanian Wheat; Midday Forecast South with Rain

Slightly lower are CBT futures at midday in thinning volume. Corn, soybean, and wheat futures have pressed the downside on nonthreatening Central US weather forecasts. The 2021 US corn, soybean and winter wheat crops are off to a solid start with spring seeding progressing on a timely basis amid a lack of extreme heat. And…

Weekly ENSO Diagnostics Report

Neutral ENSO continues; monitoring the warming subsurface. Discussion: Neutral ENSO appears in the Nino SSTA regions for the middle of May (Fig. 1). In the sub-surface, warming spreads from the Dateline to northwest coast of South America (Fig. 2). Normally, this subsurface signature – if persistent – would trigger an El Nino development risk. Forecast…

Australia Needed Rainfall in the Forecast

Fig. 1: Current weather satellite view of Australia. Discussion: A cold front has moved across Western Australia bringing attendant rain showers (Fig. 1). Amounts are generally light except moderate in the vicinity of Adelaide. The incoming frontal system will deliver some much-needed rain to Southeast Australia over the next 30+ hours. GFS indicates 0.50 to…