Producers adjust strategies in the face of La Niña forecast

Less than a month before the official start of summer in the Southern Hemisphere, Brazilian agriculture is doubling its attention. On November 13, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States (NOAA) issued an official warning indicating the configuration of the La Niña phenomenon in the Tropical Pacific and its incidence in the coming months, expected to act weakly in the South, Southeast, and Midwest regions of Brazil, especially on the soybean and corn crops, which concentrate the main phases of the production cycle in this period. According to the rural extensionist from Emater/RS-Ascar, meteorologist Nórton Franciscatto de Paula, the ENOS (El Niño?Southern Oscillation) index continues to indicate negative values, which characterizes the persistence of the cold phase ? La Niña ? during the summer months of 2025/2026. The expectation is that this condition will begin the transition to neutrality between January and March 2026. Historically, this ...