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littlemissmartypants

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Wed Oct 22, 2025, 06:11 AM Wednesday

How Current Weather Trends Are Shaping Global Grain Production

Kevin Marcus gives insights from U.S. to South America to China growing and harvest seasons.

By Margy Eckelkamp
Updated October 21, 2025 03:36 PM

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Questionable start for the southern hemisphere.

As Brazil and Argentina’s growing seasons get kicked off, there’s cooler and less wet weather.“This isn’t typical. It usually rains every other day. Now it’s only raining once a week. And temperatures are popping above 100 degrees.
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“We just came through seven weeks of exceptional rain in the north China plains,” he says. “When corn can’t be harvested, and you’re getting rains every other day for seven weeks, you have an idea of what that quality will look like.”Young crops are being stressed early,” Marcus says...2022...loss of 30 million metric tons.

Complete analysis at the link.

https://www.agweb.com/news/how-current-weather-trends-are-shaping-global-grain-production

Prayers for malaise, Jamaica and all of those in the area affected by Hurricane Melissa.


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Bad weather news from climate change all over. mwmisses4289 Wednesday #1

mwmisses4289

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1. Bad weather news from climate change all over.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 07:45 AM
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"Prayers for malaise, Jamaica and all of those in the area affected by Hurricane Melissa."

Please take care, everyone.

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