Heavy rain that has fallen recently over the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil has caused many issues with flooding including injuries, deaths and impact to both the harvest of the summer crop and planting of the winter crop. Heavy rain that continues there for...
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The corn and soybean crop in Argentina had looked really good for most of the growing season. But late wetness has led to issues with pests, disease, the inability for the crop to mature properly, and especially harvest.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Wet season showers have effectively ended this week in most of Brazil, which puts the onus on fronts coming from Argentina to supply any excess moisture for the safrinha corn crop in central and southern Brazil. Corn conditions from here on out will be watched closely as the...
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Though rainfall forecast for the next 10 to 12 days is fairly substantial, models are insisting on a cold front moving through shortly thereafter that will cause precipitation to decline over central Brazil a few weeks before the average end date of the wet season.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
After some hefty rainfall in Central Brazil during the last several days, subsoil moisture estimates from satellite observations barely budged. More rain is in the forecast. Can this create some better moisture?
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
A cold front in southern Brazil will move up into central Brazil and stall out, bringing days of good showers there. But with subsoil moisture lacking significantly, will this coming rain be enough to build in enough soil moisture for the safrinha corn crop?
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Soil moisture in Brazil continues to be well below normal. Though the actual soil moisture is adequate for early growth, the lack of subsoil moisture in most of the safrinha corn areas will not be once the wet season rains shut down.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Soil moisture in Brazil is adequate in most areas for the current developing safrinha corn, but is well-below normal for this time of year. A drier March forecast is not favorable for good crop production, despite favorable conditions early in the season.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Rainfall in Argentina has turned away from its consistency during the last month and crops are just holding on.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Rainfall in Brazil has been consistent, but amounts have not been up to snuff and soil moisture is behind schedule for the safrinha corn crop that is now being planted.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
After more than two weeks of hot and dry conditions that produced a flash drought in Argentina, heavy soaking rains moving through the region will ease the stresses for corn and soybeans, which are in a critical stage of development.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Reports from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange point to rapidly worsening conditions in Argentina due to heat and dryness.
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Next week's forecast rainfall across many of the main growing areas across South America calls for below-normal precipitation and drier-than-normal conditions may continue to plague Argentina.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Central and northeastern Brazil saw a good amount of rainfall in early January that has helped to increase soil moisture for filling soybeans in much of the region. However, subsoil moisture levels continue to be very poor and are a threat to the safrinha corn season if...
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Although central Brazil is amid a stretch of heavy rainfall, the forecast for mid- to late January is much more subdued. Will it matter for the 2023-24 soybean crop?
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
With all the discussion about Brazil and the wild swings in weather that have occurred there this growing season, Argentina continues to quietly have very good growing conditions.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
Brazil's rough weather during the first half of the soybean growing season has led to concerns over production. But the second half of the season is much more favorable once the current dry stretch is over. Argentina continues to have favorable conditions and forecasts as...
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
When reports from other countries are not always as complete as those in the U.S. or Canada, the use of satellites can fill in the gaps. However, using these images over places with frequent cloud cover can limit their effectiveness.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
The rainfall pattern across South America has been typical of El Nino, but that has been taken to the extremes so far. Here's a closer look at what has been happening and how it has affected South American crops.
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by John Baranick , DTN Meteorologist
While it has been dry in the most productive areas of Brazil for the start of the wet season, there is some indication rain will increase at the end of October heading into November.
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