Weather is favorable for planting progress in South America. “Brazil may end up planting 98 to 99 million
acres of soybeans,” says Lynn Sandlin, business intelligence manager, Syngenta. “If realized, that would be a new record. Brazil will be the top producer for soybeans again this year. They’re looking at probably in the 50 to 51 million acres of early crop and second crop corn.” Once the U.S. gets through harvest, Nutrien Ag Solutions Principal Atmospheric Scientist Eric Snodgrass is watching to see if soil moisture gets replenished this winter. “Nearly all long-range forecasts have La Nina.” Hear more from Sandlin and Snodgrass in the latest podcast episode from Golden Harvest called “A Look Below the Equator and Ahead at 2022.” This episode is available on the Golden Harvest website, Podbean, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast and Spotify.
