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U.S. Midwest To Dry; Timely Rain Needed Later This Month

Kansas City, August 2 (World Weather Inc.) – Rainfall during the past week was enough to maintain a good environment for the corn and soybeans across the Midwest. Production potentials remain favorable despite some areas in the eastern Corn Belt remaining abnormally dry. The Upper Midwest will see a good mix of rain and sunshine that will maintain aggressive growth through the end of next week. Other production areas will trend drier than normal with periods of slightly warmer than normal weather. Net drying is expected, though most locations will have enough moisture to support new growth. Precipitation potentials will likely increase during the second week of the outlook and should help reverse the drying that occurs during the first week.

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August U.S. Weather Driest In Delta, SW Corn And Soybean Belt

Kansas City, August 2 (World Weather Inc.) – U.S. June/July weather this year was most like that of 2016 which was another year in which El Nino conditions in the first quarter of the year gave way to La Nina conditions during the late summer. However, La Nina is not expected to evolve in the next few weeks and that may end the parallel to 2016. August 2024 is expected to be drier biased in the Delta, southwestern Corn and Soybean production areas and in the southern Great Plains as well as in the far western United States. The heart of the Midwest should see more normal precipitation and much of the nation will be warmer biased except for ten days beginning next week at which time the north-central states will be cooler than usual.

Ivory Coast, Ghana Need More Rain For Good Coffee, Cocoa

Kansas City, August 1 (World Weather Inc.) – Rainfall in July trended near to below normal in the main coffee, cocoa, rice and sugarcane production areas of western Africa. The region has adequate moisture to support most crops, although net drying has been accelerated in the past two weeks from Ivory Coast to Nigeria and Cameroon as seasonal rains shifted to the north. Cotton areas in Mali and Burkina Faso received near to above normal rainfall while areas to the south trended drier. . As long as periodic rain occurs in the next few weeks before seasonal rain returns, there should be no significant production changes. However, drier-than-normal weather is expected in coffee, cocoa, rice and sugarcane areas for at least the next seven days while rain falls frequently in cotton areas to the north. The need for rain in coffee and cocoa areas will increase later this month which is usually when seasonal rains normally return.

Central, Northwestern Mexico Remain In Severe Drought

Kansas City, August 1 (World Weather Inc.) – Drought remains a very serious concern in northern and some central Mexico crop areas while relief to drought has occurred in eastern, southern and some southwestern crop areas in recent weeks. Time is running out for significant drought relief before the monsoon season ends in the second week of September. There is still time for significant improvements for summer crops and water supply. Monsoonal rain will favor southern, west-central, and northwestern Mexico for at least the next week to ten days. Soil moisture and drought conditions will marginally improve, though not enough rain is expected to end drought. Other locations will be drier than normal and will dry down significantly.