AG Market Hot Spots: Drier trend for Brazil and Europe.

Highlight: Checking 15-day precipitation outlooks for South America, Europe/Russia and Australia plus India. Fig. 1-4: ECM ENS 15-day rainfall anomaly forecasts for South America and Europe/Western Russia and the 24-hour change. Drier Brazil and Eastern Europe: Wetter weekend forecasts for Brazil were over-stated. The transitory shift of the MJO through the American longitude was the…

Incoming rainfall for North Dakota not adequate. Western Corn Belt drying. Brazil wetter!

Some rainfall not that helpful to North Dakota. Western Corn Belt drying. Europe could trend drier while Black Sea region stays wet. Wetter Brazil forecasts. Fig. 1-2: Just-issued mega-cluster “most likely” percent of normal rainfall forecast for days 1-5 and 6-10 across North America. U.S. 10-day rainfall forecast discussion: Forecast models indicate with increased frequency…

Early AG Market Weather/Climate Wire: North-central drought and Midwest dry-to-drought update.

Fig. 1-2: Yesterday’s updated U.S. Drought Monitor for the North-central and Midwest U.S. regions. U.S. spring wheat and west/northwest U.S. Corn Belt drought: D3/D4 drought is present across North Dakota, northwest South Dakota and into southern Canada (Fig. 1). D3/D4 drought conditions during summertime do not erode unless an interaction between the prevailing storm track…