This season’s favorable weather boosts farming across the US, South America, and Europe”

In the US Corn Belt, weather conditions are favorable for a good soybean harvest and a record corn harvest, as well as for planting winter crops. This week saw some rain and temperatures hovering around 15-20 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is expected next week. Scattered showers will occur across the US Plains toward Canada over the weekend, but dry, albeit cool, weather will remain on the prairies next week, helping to complete the harvest of a good canola and late-season crop. Intermittent showers have been experienced across central Brazil this week, helping to accelerate soybean planting and crop development. More rain is forecast for early next week, with warm, dry weather expected to set in by the end of the week, allowing for more planting. In Argentina , drier weather remains, but fairly high moisture reserves are conducive to wheat planting and the start of active soybean planting, especially in anticipation of a wave of precipitation that will begin over the weekend. ...