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
An active monsoon pattern in northern India finally kicked off last week, and the short range pattern looks like it will continue to provide moisture to sugarcane regions in the northeastern states. While the last few weeks have seen steady strength in raw sugar futures, the rains [...]
Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
Looking at the June heat which spread across California’s central and southern valley milk producing regions towards the end of last month, we are factoring in the temperatures as a negative production impact. Many herd locations experienced between four and seven days where daily max temperatures were above [...]
Monsoon progress through July 7th, from the Indian Met Dept. – still some concerns for northeastern sugarcane regions
