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Monday, February 1, 2010:
Stress for Argentine corn and soybean crops came to an end over the weekend as rains started to fall once again, and now that they have started it is going to be a while before they end. Little or no rain fell in the heart of the Argentine corn and soybean growing region [...]

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Friday, January 29, 2010:
It has now been close to ten days since appreciable rains fell in Argentine corn and soybean growing areas, and with temperatures in that period running above normal we are starting to see some stress develop on their crops. Through Wednesday we had high temperatures mostly in the 90-92 degree range in [...]

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Thursday, January 28, 2010:
Things are pretty quiet early on this Wednesday all across the Nation’s midsection, but by this time tomorrow we will see the radar start to “light up” over the southern Plains as a crippling winter storm gets underway. Daybreak tomorrow will find snow in the northern Texas panhandle and rain further south, [...]

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Wednesday, January 27, 2009:
Things are pretty quiet early on this Wednesday all across the Nation’s midsection, but by this time tomorrow we will see the radar start to “light up” over the southern Plains as a crippling winter storm gets underway. Daybreak tomorrow will find snow in the northern Texas panhandle and rain further south, [...]

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010:
The 24-hour period ending January 19 was the last time that Argentine corn and soybean growing areas saw a decent rain, and we will go through the rest of this work-week with that area staying dry. A ten-day spell of dry weather normally is something to be worried about, but excellent soil [...]

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Monday, January 25, 2010:
When talking about wintertime precipitation to someone in agri-business industry who lives in the southern Plains, it is always wise to consider their perspective. For example, the past 60 days have been very dry (under 50 or even 25 percent of normal on precipitation totals) for southwestern Kansas southward through the bulk [...]

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Friday, January 22, 2010:
A storm system more like one we would normally see in March rather than January is going to be impacting the Nation’s midsection this weekend. Rain and maybe even a few thunderstorms will be breaking out for late today and tonight in the central Missouri River Valley, with heavy wet snow falling further [...]

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Thursday, January 21, 2009:
Highs of 86 to 93 degrees were common in the heart of the corn and soybean belt of Argentina yesterday, but we will take those readings a notch warmer today and it is going to stay quite warm there through most of next week. For today through at least next Friday, look [...]

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Thursday, January 21, 2009:
Highs of 86 to 93 degrees were common in the heart of the corn and soybean belt of Argentina yesterday, but we will take those readings a notch warmer today and it is going to stay quite warm there through most of next week. For today through at least next Friday, look [...]

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010:
Except for the far northwestern Corn Belt through parts of the Northern Plains, this has been a month that has featured sub-normal amounts of precipitation for a large part of the Nation’s midsection. However, that is going to be changing in a big way, with today’s storm marking the beginning of a wet [...]

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