Author: Michael Ferrari

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD VP, Applied Technology & Research   The April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate Report (WASDE) was issued a couple of weeks ago, and it underscores the concerns that we have...

  We know that El Nino years tend to correlate with decreased tropical activity in the Atlantic Basin, usually resulting in a less active season.  This does not mean that there won’t be any significant hurricanes...

As of April 12th, the conditions across much of the southeast into the Southern Plains are in drought categories ranging from severe to extreme (see first map below).  The second attached map shows the Weather Trends...

Wheat is up again in overnight activity (currently up 2%) as analysts continue to figure in suboptimal crop conditions leading to a shorter US winter crop; in addition, the cooler pattern has been delaying spring plantings,...

The first map below from the Rutgers Snow Cover Lab shows the Northern Hemisphere snow cover anomalies for March 2011.  The second map shows the daily anomaly from yesterday (6 Apr).  We highlight this because the risk...

Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD VP, Applied Technology & Research   While some global La Nina indicators have exhibited a more pronounced shift towards neutral phase, the equatorial Pacific Ocean cold SST anomalies are...

With both planting and cooling season around the corner in the US, the agriculture & energy sectors should take a quick look at last year’s (2010) NWS JJA temperature forecast, followed by the pattern that...

  Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD VP, Applied Technology & Research   This is the outlook was issued to clients last week (15 March): (chart from Australia Bureau of Meteorology)   While the...