From 01 June to present

(from IMD website)

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
Once again, we make the case for space-based research combined with advance weather outlooks as a simple yet powerful suite of tools for early identification of crop problems in key agricultural producing regions.  As an example, the map below is an indicator of vegetation health as derived via [...]

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
Several posts over the last couple of months have noted that while the Indian monsoon is overall close to normal this year, the sugarcane growing regions throughout the north (U.P., Bihar) have been moisture deficient, and the market has not yet taken notice.  As a whole, India’s seasonal [...]

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
The seasonal progress for monsoon rains (week ending August 4) is shown below, via the Indian Met Dept.  Most analyst discussions in the sugar market over the last week have focused on a better pattern emerging, but for sugar growing regions, this is only half of the picture.  [...]

Crude: -0.07%
NatGas: +1.52%
Gold: +0.75%
Corn: +2.76%
Soybeans: +0.64%
Wheat: +6.73%
Cocoa: +1.89%
OJ: -1.83%
Coffee: +1.31%
Sugar: +1.67%

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
The chart below shows how the Weather Trends long range Indian rainfall forecast is verifying so far this summer (bars: y/y change in weekly totals; line: observation).  Over the last three months, the last week is the only week that we missed – looking ahead a few more [...]