Rain and snowfall improve the prospects of the crop in the major exporting countries

2021-02-12 12:05:24
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Rain and snowfall improve the prospects of the crop in the major exporting countries

In South America continues abundant precipitation that contribute to the increase of the forecast production of soybeans and corn, and a powerful snowfalls in the United States, Ukraine and Russia ensure the protection of winter crops from frost, which will come next week.

 

the Attention of traders glued to the weather in South America, which was reduced crop soybeans and corn due to the dry weather early in the season. However, the abundant rainfall, which are in Argentina for a few weeks, experts Grain exchange Rosario increased the forecast of soybean crop that will be harvested in April-June, at 2 million tonnes to 49 million tons and forecast of the corn crop, which will be collected in February-April of 2.5 million tonnes to 48.5 million tonnes In the Central regions of the week will be held rain or showers, but in some regions, the rainfall remains below the norm, which adversely affects the crops of soybeans and corn.

 

Dry weather in Brazil this week helped to speed up the harvesting of soybeans and corn second crop safrinha. The expected next week precipitation will contribute to the production of corn seedlings, but will delay the harvest of soybeans. In the South, rainfall will be moderate, so as to expedite the corn.

 

Despite the delay harvesting of soybeans and planting corn, the Agency Conab increased compared with January estimates forecast of corn production in 2020/21 MG 3.17 million tonnes to 105,48 million tonnes (102,51 million tonnes in 2019/20 MG) and soybean 0.13 million tonnes to 133,82 million tonnes (124,84 million tonnes in 2019/20 MG).

 

On the Midwest next week, expect snow and temperatures down to -18 to -12 degrees, which can damage crops of winter wheat in regions with a slight layer of snow, including in Illinois and Indiana. At the end of the week, the air warms up to -5...-1 degrees.

 

The wheat belt of the Southern Plains of the United States in the coming days will be moderate and heavy snowfall, which will protect the crops from frost -20...-15 degrees in the next 3-4 days. At the end of the week in most parts of the region, the temperature will rise to -2...+2 degrees.

 

within the next 3-4 days in Ukraine and in southern Russia will be the powerful snow, which will protect the crops from frost -18 to -12 degrees, which will last the whole week. On the part of the fields in the South of Ukraine and Russia, the snow layer is unknown, but the General moisture of the soil is much better than last year.

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