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South American Weather: March Forecast Difficult for Safrinha Corn in Brazil – DTN Feb 25, 2022
Attention in South America has been focused across the southern half of the continent over the last couple of months — and rightly so. Dryness and drought have built into […]
Weather: Spotty Showers Insufficient in Argentina, Southern Brazil – DTN Feb 17, 2022
Drought near the poles typically means an absence of rain. Closer to the equator, drought means significantly below-normal rainfall. It can still rain, sometimes moderately so, while drought continues to […]
Global Markets: Oilseeds – Shrinking South America Soybean Production Constricts Trade, Boosts Prices Feb 12, 2022
Dry weather in South America over the past 2 months has significantly depressed forecast soybean yields and slashed production. In the first USDA forecast released in May 2021, the combined […]
South American Corn, Soybeans: La Nina Continues to Affect Crops Feb 11, 2022
The influence of La Nina on the weather conditions in South America this crop season cannot be overstated. But this recent La Nina event has not been a particularly strong […]
Global Markets: Coarse Grains – Australia Mirrors Argentina in Robust Sorghum Exports Jan 15, 2022
Australia is currently forecast to export 1.4 million tons of sorghum in the 2020/21 marketing year (Mar 2021 – Feb 2022) on production of 1.5 million tons, a 93 percent […]
Corn Yields: Comparing Brazil, Argentina, and the U.S. Jan 14, 2022
Safrinha corn is Brazil’s 2nd corn crop, planted right after the soybean harvest, typically in January and February, mainly in the Midwest and Center-South of Brazil. Initially smaller than the 1st crop, […]
Wheat: Weather Promises Large Harvests for Australia, Argentina – DTN Nov 5, 2021
As the world wheat market continues to deal with low supplies brought on by droughts in Northern hemisphere countries during 2021, the Southern Hemisphere wheat harvest is beginning. At this […]
Soybeans: How Competitive Is U.S. Production? Jul 17, 2021
Examining the competitiveness of soybean production in different regions of the world is often difficult due to lack of comparable data and agreement regarding what needs to be measured. To […]
Ag Trade: China Accelerates Corn Orders From U.S., Farmers in Argentina Prepare to Strike May 21, 2021
On Wednesday, Bloomberg writers Daniela Sirtori-Cortina and Breanna T Bradham reported that, “China has tapped the U.S. for more than a third of next season’s expected corn imports, accelerating its pace of […]
Global Markets: Oilseeds – Argentine Soy Oil Exports Grow with Declining Biodiesel Trade Mar 12, 2021
With declining demand for biodiesel, Argentina exports of soybean oil have been rising despite lower crush. Local year 2020/21 (April-March) soybean oil exports are estimated at 5.9 million tons, 800,000 […]
