El Nino has become a popular topic of conversation these days, although it probably never made the news during the 1997-98 event.Paul Douglas, a nationally respected meteorologist and writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper, wrote some interesting comments about this El Nino in today’s edition. Following are a few of them:
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says it was the warmest autumn on record for the lower 48 states. It was the second-warmest for the Dakotas and Minnesota. The previous record was set in 1963. This El Nino will surpass the record one of 1997-98. Fishing boats have been seen on some Minnesota lakes this December. Minneapolis might receive a half-inch of rain this weekend, which wo...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...