Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
This article in Bloomberg Business Week today is in line with how we are viewing the current US corn & soybean crops at Weather Trends.  No doubt, the 2010 crop for both commodities will still produce good numbers for the 18 major growing states.  However, we think both [...]

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 [...]

From Monday’s (02 Aug) NASS report:
week ending Aug 1
Corn (18 major states):  93% silking vs. 74% LY & 86% 5ya; 31% dough vs. 13% LY & 24% 5ya. 
Soybeans (18 major states):  86% blooming vs. 74% LY % 83% 5ya; 53% pod-set vs. 33% LY % 48% 5ya.
 
 
 
 

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
The drier pattern for the next 7 days will help the US corn & bean crops, after a few weeks of very wet weather.  According to yesterday’s USDA crop update, 73% of US corn was rated either good or excellent, and 69% of soybeans received the same ratings.  [...]

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
Readers of our long range discussions should recall that last year we were forecasting for a favorable planting season to develop for US corn and soybeans in 2010. So far this season, the expected pattern has been materializing, with planting progress putting most yield expectation models in [...]

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
As we are approaching June, Weather Trends has turned our attention regarding agricultural commodity research towards the outlook for this year’s monsoon season in India.  In 2009, the lack of seasonal rains resulted in poor growing conditions for many Indian farmers, which resulted in supply shortages and [...]