E188: Planting Weather Outlook 2024

March 19th, the official first day of spring of this 2024 leap year, was followed shortly by some of the wettest and most wintery weather many have seen since harvest. The waning El Nino pattern deserves some of the credit or the blame, as farmers worrying about drought balance the need for more soil moisture and the desire to get in the field. To help us sort out this unpredictable is DTN’s Team Lead for Ag Weather John Baranick, who takes us beat by beat through what to expect in the coming weeks and months for the major growing regions of the country. We’ll tackle precipitation, soil temperatures, and how likely drought or flooding is to become a major factor this season. Then we’ll dive into the global weather picture, with a particular focus on Latin America, to better understand how changing patterns around the world might be set to affect commodity markets in the season ahead.