Tag: John Baranick
April Forecast Includes Potential Risks for Frost in Parts of Corn Belt – DTN Apr 1, 2022
The date of the average last frost depends on your location. The farther north you are, the later it is. But local effects can determine your last frost risk as […]
Brazil’s Long-Range Rain Forecast – DTN Apr 1, 2022
The second-season (safrinha) season was a little delayed in Brazil due to some wet weather at planting time in January and February, but most of the crop was planted within […]
Weather: March Goes Out Like a Lion With Possible Severe Storms – DTN Mar 30, 2022
We are entering the last few days of March and it anything like the old saying of “in like a lion and out like a lamb.” Normally this is meant […]
Showers in Brazil Crop Weather Forecast – DTN Mar 25, 2022
The crop season continues in Argentina as much of the late-planted corn and soybeans are in reproductive or filling stages of growth. But the attention is starting to turn northward […]
Early Spring Weather Pattern Favors Fast-Moving Storms Ahead – DTN Mar 23, 2022
You can call it “progressive” or “zonal” or something else, but the upper-air pattern heading into the last week of March and through the first two weeks of April is […]
South American Weather: Showers, But Below-Normal Precipitation in Brazil – DTN Mar 18, 2022
Outside of a couple of stretches of better rainfall in South America since spring, southern Brazil and Argentina have been very dry and crop conditions have suffered. The fate has […]
Weather: Spring Warmth, Precipitation for Next 10 Days Over Most of U.S. – DTN Mar 15, 2022
The reign of the Arctic weather appears to be over. Low temperatures well-below the freezing mark followed a strong cold front through March 13, but that has quickly been replaced […]
Wheat Farmers Face Widespread Drought Amid Market Volatility – DTN Mar 11, 2022
At a time of soaring prices and newfound attention on wheat production, this should be a heady spring for U.S. wheat farmers. But where Shawn Kimbrell farms in the High […]
Weather: Could This Week’s Arctic Blast Be the Last Before Spring? – DTN Mar 9, 2022
Last week, temperatures rose well-above normal for a good portion of the country. Highs in the 70s and 80s Fahrenheit were common from the Plains to the Southeast. It may […]
Weather: Waning La Nina Brings Challenges for Spring Planting – DTN Mar 2, 2022
Note: This is an update to the spring planting season forecast across the U.S. I laid out some of the highlights in a previous article here. La Nina is loosening […]