Morning Market Weather Update For Friday, March 17, 2023

WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 17, 2023

• Rain is still projected for central Argentina Monday into Wednesday of next week
  • Central Argentina is experiencing the worst of the drought conditions and the moisture next week will greatly help stop the decline in crop conditions, but it will come too late to seriously improve production
•  Brazil’s late Safrinha corn planting and soybean harvesting are advancing better from Parana to southern Minas Gerais and in some southern Mato Grosso do Sul locations because of less frequent and less significant rain
• Drought stricken areas of the U.S. west-central and southwestern Plains will not get meaningful relief in the next ten days
• South Texas may get some needed rain early next week
• West Texas remains dry during much of the next ten days
• U.S. Midwest, Delta, southeastern states and far western U.S. will continue to experience frequent precipitation
• Algeria and Tunisia rainfall will be greatest in the last week of this month and will offer only a little relief from recent drying
• West-central Africa coffee and cocoa areas will get sufficient rain to support flowering
• No change in the China forecast occurred over night with the Yangtze River Basin and areas to the south trending wetter
• India’s unsettled weather pattern will bring rain to many areas through Tuesday of next week possibly raising a little concern over winter crop quality, but drier weather should arrive in time to protect most crops
• Eastern Spain and the lower Danube River Basin will not get relief from dryness over the next ten days
• Eastern Australia summer crop areas will be largely dry for the next ten days
• South Africa rainfall is expected to be greatest in the south over the coming week