Lower temperatures and forecasted rains improve prospects for winter rapeseed crops in Europe and Ukraine, while precipitation in Australia increases harvest potential

A cyclone will pass through Europe later this week, bringing lower temperatures and heavy rain and showers across the region, including in the eastern regions. Another similar cyclone is expected next week, bringing much-needed rain for corn, soybeans and sunflowers, which will also be beneficial for winter rapeseed crops.

These cyclones from Europe will bring the same weather to the right-bank part of Ukraine, so rains are expected there today and this weekend, which will be very useful for winter rapeseed crops. But the cyclone will not reach the eastern regions again, which have been suffering from a lack of precipitation since spring.

No additional precipitation is expected next week, but moderate temperatures generally favor the filling and ripening of corn, soybeans, and sunflower, with the exception of some areas of Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and part of Kirovohrad regions.

The cause of the drought is probably the constant explosions along the front line, which stop the movement of cyclones from west to east, which is why hot weather also prevails in the south-west of the Russian Federation, which is unfavorable for sowing late crops.

Several cyclones will move through the Midwest and Central and Southern Plains of the United States over the weekend, bringing cooling temperatures and precipitation. Conditions for planting corn, soybeans and other late crops remain very favorable in most parts of the region thanks to regular precipitation.

The first data from the ProFarmer Crop Tour by growing regions confirm higher soybean and corn yields than last year and the 3-year average, so markets will remain under pressure from low stock prices in the coming months.

Rainfall blanketing the Canadian prairies will delay the wheat and canola harvests and lower temperatures, making it difficult for late crops to ripen. Next week will be mostly dry, which will help ripening and harvesting.

A new wave of rainfall will fall in central China, so the region, which has suffered from heat and drought all season, will now see improved prospects for corn and soybean harvests, while in the northeastern regions where corn and soybeans are grown, weather conditions remain much more favorable.