The moisture that traditionally comes with an El Niño could miss a key part of the 2023 growing season.
Drew Lerner with World Weather Incorporated says El Niño’s influence is expected to hit major U.S. crop growing areas in the later summer and autumn, past the reproductive and fill stages for corn and some soybeans.
“An El Niño, after it matures for awhile, will present more moisture across the U.S. crop growing areas, but we’re on our own for the next few weeks, which is what everyone is concerned about.”
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El Niño’s moisture timing important for U.S. crop
