The Bureau of Meteorology in Australia, however, upgraded its position to a La Nina Alert, but have not made the jump to onset just yet. It has prompted the Climate Prediction Center in the U.S. Water temperatures along the equatorial Pacific Ocean have just recently treaded into the La Nina classification. Though scattered showers were moving through the country's growing regions in September and early October, amounts and coverage have been poor, and soil moisture conditions have degraded through much of the country's growing regions, particularly in the warmer central and northern zones - large areas of corn and soybean production. That was both uncharacteristic and welcome to area farmers dreading the impacts from La Nina.ДЄrgentina was the only area that had been close to the expected La Nina pattern. Southern Brazil, which typically is dry had plentiful rain from mid-September to mid-October. The wet season in central Brazil came almost exactly on time with scattered showers developing over Mato Grosso at the end of September and increasing early October across much of central Brazil's growing regions. This year has not really followed a La Nina pattern until recently. That was a definite occurrence last spring as Argentina had dry conditions for planting at the start of the season. The second effect is to have drier conditions across Argentina and southern Brazil. In 2020, the delay was around three to four weeks late and planting progress was much slower than normal. First, it typically delays the start of the annual wet season in central Brazil. The rains have not followed a typical La Nina pattern, being much more beneficial to Brazil so far this spring.ДЄs mentioned in previous blogs on this site, La Nina generally has two major weather impacts for South American springs. Producers this year are wasting no time and taking fewer chances. The graphic accompanying this blog shows the stark contrast from this year as opposed to last year, when planting progress in Mato Grosso was only at 8%, and the slowest over the last five years. Mato Grosso, the county's largest production state for soybeans, has almost reached the half-way point at 45% complete according to the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (IMEA). Last year at this time, it was only at 8%. That marks the second-fastest start to the season on record. 14 according to AgRural in Brazil as a whole. Soybean planting progress has already eclipsed 22% of expected acreage as of Oct. Starting their soybean planting early, especially with regards to last year, is a strong motivating factor in the face of this so-called double-dip La Nina - a La Nina that follows another La Nina. South American producers, of course, lived through the immense challenges and those are undoubtedly on their minds as the current season started, when La Nina was forecast to return. We at DTN have documented this almost continuously throughout the past year. Last year's grain marketing year, which encompasses the soybean growing season in 2020-21 and the double-cropped (safrinha) corn growing season in 2021, was characterized by the influence of a La Nina pattern. (IMEA Brazil graphic legend translated to English by DTN) Planting progress in Brazil has advanced very quickly, especially in the state of Mato Grosso.

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