Crop Calendar for Brazil:

http://www.soybeansandcorn.com/Brazil-Crop-Cycles

October

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• Wheat harvest and corn planting underway in southern Brazil.
• Soybean planting in full swing in southern Brazil, continue corn and soybean planting in central Brazil.
• Rainfall frequency picks up in Brazil, rains 1-2 times a week, distribution may be uneven.
• Temperatures remain very hot in central Brazil, warming up in southern Brazil. 

November

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• Early November is main soybean planting period in Brazil, full season corn crop should be all planted by now.
• Earliest planted soybeans may start flowering by end of the month. 
• Early planted corn begins pollination.
• Rainfall now more frequent, 3-4 times a week, temperatures remain very hot in central Brazil.

December

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• Finish soybean planting, early-planted soybeans flowering and setting pods.
• Begin spraying to control soybean rust.
• Corn crop completes pollination and begins grain filling.
• Cotton planted begins in central Brazil.
• Rains every day, especially in central Brazil, southern Brazil not quite as wet.
• Cloud cover and rain holds temperatures in the 90's.

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It's been pretty dry in much of South America this year. The maps below are for 30 days, 90 days and 180 days % of average precipitation:

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Precip_Monitoring/Figures/global/n.30day.figb.gif

The forecasts below come from the GFS/US model. Some rains with relief in the northern areas during week 1, then the southern areas during week 2.

It's still early in the planting season.

http://wxmaps.org/outlooks.php

Thanks Mike. This is what I really want to start learning more about. Nice to see other areas where crops are grown when I had no clue a few months ago. 

YW Grant!

Looks like some nice rains coming up for Brazil the next 2 weeks........in some very dry spots, especially in week 2.

Scroll up and look at the rain forecast and change in soil moisture.

Rains for Brazil the next 2 weeks are widespread and copious. Bearish for beans:

Argentina will be drying out. 

Weather in S.Brazil and N.Argentina is looking more bullish.

Argentina will start drying out this week, and S.Brazil will start drying out later this week.

Note: There are still alot of rains in dry Central areas of Brazil in the next several days to 2 weeks, it's S.Brazil and Argentina that will be heading into a dry period.

S.Brazil just got some huge rains too. The map below is rain the last 5 days.

A lot of that SA soil seems to need a rain every week

I still only get the left 1/2 of any map you post

Wayne,

You are right about the SA soils. They don't hold moisture as well as ours.

Monitoring rain/satellite pictures:

https://en.allmetsat.com/images/goes_py_suda_zoom_ir.php

https://www.eldoradoweather.com/satellite/misc/s.america-ir-sat.html

https://www.accuweather.com/en/br/national/satellite

https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap?lat=-34.56999969&lon=-58.41999817&zoom=8&pin=Buenos%20Aires,%20Argentina&type=hyb&rad=0&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=1&sat.num=1&sat.spd=25&sat.opa=85&sat.gtt1=109&sat.gtt2=108&sat.type=IR4&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0

            Rain amounts 24 hours:

                http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=tempo2/mapasPrecipitacao

Rain amounts for longer periods globally:

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Global_Monsoons/gl_obs.shtml