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Additional
rain fell from northern Cordoba through northern Entre Rios Wednesday and early today -
Local
rain totals over 4.00 inches were reported, although most amounts varied from 0.60 to 1.25 inches -
Lighter
rain fell briefly in interior southern Buenos Aires -
Temperatures
continued quite cool in central parts of the nation where heavy rain has occurred over the past two days -
Brazil
rainfall has become sporadic and light allowing much of the nation to dry out in favor of all kinds of fieldwork.
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Late
season soybean harvesting should be advancing swiftly -
Argentina
will see additional bouts of rain in the central and north through the next ten days and southern areas should turn wetter again in the last days of March and early April -
Crop
improvements are occurring, although production recover is unlikely except in a few of the late soybeans and peanut crops -
Pakistan
and northern India will be impacted by rain over the next few days raising concern for winter wheat quality and perhaps a few other crops -
The
moisture will be welcome, though, for early cotton planting that occurs in April and May -
North
Africa is still advertised to be dry or mostly dry during the next ten days
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Crop
moisture stress is high in the drier areas of Tunisia, interior northeastern and northwestern Algeria and in a few Morocco locations -
Production
cuts will be greatest in Tunisia this year relative to that of last year -
U.S.
lower Midwest, Delta and southeastern states will be wetter biased over the next ten days resulting in delays to spring planting and general fieldwork -
Flood
potentials remain high for the Red River Basin of the North and the upper Mississippi River basin in April when significant warming occurs to induce aggressive snowmelt
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Planting
delays are possible in both of these areas this spring because of the anticipated flood water -
Southwestern
U.S. hard red winter wheat areas are unlikely to get much precipitation during the next ten days -
Central
portions of the Plains (i.e. Nebraska, northern Kansas and northeastern Colorado) will get some rain and snow into the weekend offering some short term benefits to topsoil moisture -
West
Texas precipitation potentials are very low for the next ten days -
South
Texas and the Texas Coastal Bend region may get some rain next week, but confidence is low -
World
Weather, Inc.’s Trend Model along with the CFS and GFS Ensemble models are all hinting at improved Texas and Oklahoma rainfall during April -
California’s
heavier precipitation events should be winding down, although light precipitation may continue to come and go periodically -
Flooding
in California later this spring could be significant in a few areas as water reservoirs reach full capacity warranting a spillage of water through dams as mountain snow melt reaches the storage facilities -
Much
less precipitation is expected in the Red River Basin of the North during the coming week while temperatures continue quite cold relative to normal -
The
drier conditions will be welcome, but until warmer weather arrives and the region’s deep snowpack melts there will not be much celebrating over the drier weather.
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Canada’s
Prairies will continue drier than usual especially in the interior southwest where there is need for significant precipitation this spring in order to support planting and early crop development.
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Northwestern
Russia continues to experience snowmelt and significant runoff -
Rain
is expected to develop during the weekend and last through most of next week resulting in some significant additional runoff that may worsen flooding that may already be under way -
China
rainfall over the next ten days will be greatest in the southern half of the Yangtze River Basin and southern coastal provinces benefiting rapeseed development and early season rice planting -
Additional
rain totals of 3.00 to 8.00 inches may occur near and south of the Yangtze River reaching into Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang -
Limited
precipitation in the lower Yellow River Basin and North China Plain will leave some wheat areas in need or greater precipitation especially in April -
Cool
temperatures are expected in eastern China over the next several days which may help to slow drying rates in winter wheat areas of the north and conserve soil moisture in the south -
Warming
is expected next week and into the following weekend -
Europe
will turn cooler next week and precipitation will increase in the north and west-central parts of the continent as well
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Eastern
Spain will remain one of the driest areas in the continent for a while possibly threatening dryland winter crops and some of the planting of spring crops -
West-central
Africa precipitation will be erratically distributed over the next few days, but it may next week -
Recent
precipitation has been lighter than usual and temperatures warmer biased raising some concern over crop development -
Rain
later this week into next week will be very important for coffee, cocoa, rice and sugarcane -
Australia
rainfall resumed recently near and east of the Great Dividing Range and it will continue into next week
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Temperatures
will continue warmer than usual this week and then trend a little cooler this weekend and next week – at least in eastern crop areas -
Mexico
is still dealing with a winter drought and there is need for precipitation to support corn, sorghum and cotton in unirrigated areas -
There
is also need for moisture in some citrus and sugarcane areas, although the situation for these two crops is not critical outside of the far northeast part of the nation -
Central
America rainfall will be greatest in Guatemala and from Costa Rica to Panama during the next ten days -
Net
drying is likely in Honduras and Nicaragua -
Drought
continues a concern in Canada’s southwestern Prairies -
Some
snow fell earlier this month in a part of the drought region, but snow water equivalents were not great enough to offer a tremendous improvement, although some benefit did occur as the snow melted -
Not
much precipitation of significance will occur in the dry areas over the next week, although some light precipitation will be possible infrequently -
Greater
precipitation may occur in the last days of March and early April -
South
Africa crop weather has been very good this year, although the nation is drying out now -
Early
season maturation and harvesting should go well -
Late
season crops will need some beneficial moisture later this season -
Rain
prospects on fair over the next ten days, but the precipitation should be erratic and often lighter than usual -
Southeastern
Canada’s corn, wheat and soybean production region is favorably moist and poised for a good start to spring, although fieldwork is still a few weeks away -
Turkey
will receive frequent bouts of rain over the next ten days bolstering soil moisture for wheat development and rice and cotton planting -
Portions
of the nation are already wet after weekend rain and mountain snow -
Other
spring planting will benefit from the coming moisture boost -
Other
areas in the Middle East will also experience a boost in precipitation -
Syria,
northern Iraq and much of Iran will receive significant rainfall as will some areas in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan -
Philippines
rainfall will be light to locally moderate most days through the coming week
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Weather
conditions in the next ten days should be mostly good for the nation, although the south may eventually turn quite wet -
Indonesia
and Malaysia rainfall will occur abundantly during the next two weeks with all areas impacted and no area experiencing much net drying -
Mainland
areas of Southeast Asia will receive very little rain of significance through Sunday, but a notable boost in rain may occur in the last days of this month -
Eastern
Africa precipitation is expected to scatter from Tanzania to Ethiopia over the next ten days -
The
moisture will be good for ongoing crop development -
Today’s
Southern Oscillation Index was -0.34 and it was expected to move erratically over the coming week
Source:
World Weather, INC.
Bloomberg
Ag calendar
Thursday,
March 23:
- USDA
weekly net-export sales for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, pork and beef, 8:30am - Port
of Rouen data on French grain exports - Rabobank
Farm2Fork Summit, Sydney - Russian
Grain Union holds conference in Kazan - Brazil’s
Unica may release cane crush and sugar output data (tentative) - USDA
red meat production, 3pm - US
cold storage data for pork, poultry and beef, 3pm - HOLIDAY:
Indonesia
Friday,
March 24:
- Marine
Insurance London conference - ICE
Futures Europe weekly commitments of traders report - CFTC
commitments of traders weekly report on positions for various US futures and options, 3:30pm - FranceAgriMer’s
weekly crop conditions reports - US
poultry slaughter - HOLIDAY:
Argentina
Monday,
March 27:
- USDA
export inspections – corn, soybeans, wheat, 11am
Tuesday,
March 28:
- EU
weekly grain, oilseed import and export data
Wednesday,
March 29:
- EIA
weekly US ethanol inventories, production, 10:30am - Coffee,
rice and rubber exports from Vietnam
Thursday,
March 30:
- USDA
weekly net-export sales for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, pork and beef, 8:30am - Port
of Rouen data on French grain exports - USDA
hogs & pigs inventory, 3pm - HOLIDAY:
India
Friday,
March 31:
- US
prospective planting data for several crops, including corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, barley and rice, noon - USDA’s
quarterly stockpiles data for corn, soybeans, wheat, barley and sorghum - ICE
Futures Europe weekly commitments of traders report - CFTC
commitments of traders weekly report on positions for various US futures and options, 3:30pm - FranceAgriMer’s
weekly crop condition report - Malaysia’s
March palm oil export data