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World grain output nears 2.94 billion

11/09/2026 Go to Evidence

2,944.15 million metric tons is the projected total world grain output for 2026/27 in September 2026.

World Agricultural Outlook Board (2026)

World Agricultural Outlook Board. (2026). World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE-675). U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/release-files/796054/wasde0926.txt

World rice output reaches 533.85 million

11/09/2026 Go to Evidence

533.85 million metric tons is the projected world milled rice output for 2026/27 in September 2026.

World Agricultural Outlook Board (2026)

World Agricultural Outlook Board. (2026). World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE-675). U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/release-files/796054/wasde0926.txt

Pampas water reserves at 80-100%

11/09/2026 Go to Evidence

Usable water reserves across much of Argentina's Pampas region stand at 80-100%, per estimates from the SEPA-INTA system for the 2026/27 farming season - a scenario INTA links to the warm phase of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon forecast for the October-December 2026 quarter.

INTA Argentina (2026)

Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). (2026, September 11). Administrar riesgos y transformar mas agua en mas produccion. Argentina.gob.ar. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/administrar-riesgos-y-transformar-mas-agua-en-mas-produccion

Below-average rangeland expands across Patagonia

10/09/2026 Go to Evidence

INTA's NDVI monitoring (August 2026) recorded a significant increase in rangeland areas with below-average productivity, relative to the 2011-2026 historical baseline, across central Neuquen, north-central Rio Negro, south-central and southwestern Chubut, and the entire central area of Santa Cruz; the index remained low in Comarca Andina and in Chubut's Gaiman and F. Ameghino departments.

INTA - Radar Ganadero para la Patagonia (2026)

Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). (2026, September 10). Radar Ganadero: agosto mostro un escenario productivo dispar en la Patagonia. Argentina.gob.ar. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/node/513530

INTA forecasts above-normal rain for Patagonia

10/09/2026 Go to Evidence

For September 2026, INTA forecasts above-normal precipitation continuing across most of Patagonia, with the exception of southern Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego (where normal-to-below-normal levels are expected), along with a higher probability of below-normal temperatures across most of the region.

INTA - Radar Ganadero para la Patagonia (2026)

Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). (2026, September 10). Radar Ganadero: agosto mostro un escenario productivo dispar en la Patagonia. Argentina.gob.ar. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/node/513530

Niño 3.4 reached +1.8 °C in August

10/09/2026 Go to Evidence

+1.8 °C was reached by the Niño 3.4 index in August 2026, while Niño 3 reached +2.5 °C and Niño 1+2 reached +3.4 °C. Subsurface temperature anomalies also exceeded +10 °C at depth.

Henríquez (2026)

Henríquez, P. (2026, 10 de septiembre). El Niño apunta a un récord: NOAA da 75% de chances de un evento histórico este 2026. Meteored Chile. https://www.meteored.cl/noticias/actualidad/el-nino-apunta-a-un-record-noaa-da-75-de-chances-de-un-evento-historico-este.html

Over 90% chance of a very strong El Niño

10/09/2026 Go to Evidence

More than 90% is the probability that El Niño will reach very strong intensity during the Northern Hemisphere autumn and winter of 2026-2027, a period corresponding to spring and summer in Chile.

Henríquez (2026)

Henríquez, P. (2026, 10 de septiembre). El Niño apunta a un récord: NOAA da 75% de chances de un evento histórico este 2026. Meteored Chile. https://www.meteored.cl/noticias/actualidad/el-nino-apunta-a-un-record-noaa-da-75-de-chances-de-un-evento-historico-este.html

75% chance of a historic El Niño

10/09/2026 Go to Evidence

75% is the probability assigned by NOAA that El Niño will reach historic intensity during October-December 2026, exceeding the +2.5 °C threshold in the three-month index used as a reference since 1950.

Henríquez (2026)

Henríquez, P. (2026, 10 de septiembre). El Niño apunta a un récord: NOAA da 75% de chances de un evento histórico este 2026. Meteored Chile. https://www.meteored.cl/noticias/actualidad/el-nino-apunta-a-un-record-noaa-da-75-de-chances-de-un-evento-historico-este.html

Agricultural drought worsens in the US South

08/09/2026 Go to Evidence

5 to 15°F above normal were temperatures across much of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee the week of September 8, 2026, worsening soil moisture deficits and driving widespread agricultural drought impacts across the region.

Riganti & Tadesse (2026)

Riganti, C., & Tadesse, T. (2026, 8 de septiembre). National Drought Summary for September 8, 2026. U.S. Drought Monitor, National Drought Mitigation Center. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/services/data/summary/html/usdm_summary_20260908.html