AgResource Central US Weather Discussion

Cold US Pattern Lingers into mid-February; Additional Moisture Loss Probable Across Plains: Short-and long-term Central US forecasts maintain a frigid temp pattern beginning this weekend. There’s broad agreement that Midwest temps next week will drop to levels 20-30 degrees below normal, while freezing overnight lows drift as far south as the N. Delta. Abnormal cold…

U.S. Week 2-4 Outlook: Cold retreats to Canada followed by warming.

Highlight: Cold retreats to Canada followed by warming. Chart of the day: The Gas Population Weight 4-Week HDD Anomaly Forecast/Verification. Discussion: This afternoon’s 6-10 day forecast by the ECMWF indicates a frigid arctic air regime thrust across the North-central and Midwest U.S. Snowfall is featured throughout the northwest Plains, Mid-South and Northeast U.S. Risk of…

FAS Confirms Record Large US Weekly Corn Sales of 290 Mil Bu;China Books estimated 37 MMTs of US Soybeans; Argy Weather Dry

CBOT futures are mixed at midday with the soy complex higher while the grains sag. Corn scored a new contract high overnight at $5.58 basis March but retreated after the opening as a rumored 2 MMTs of sale of US corn to China was not announced. As ARC has been reporting, most cash connected traders…