Weather report/
June 26-July 3

Australia

• Cropping regions in the Eastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales (NSW) saw rains between 5-50mm over the last week, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology – other cropping areas were "largely dry".
• Over the next eight days, rain is predicted to fall "across much of southern Australia" – South Australia, Victoria, and southern NSW can expect between 5-50mm.

India

• The southwest Monsoon has covered all of India nine days earlier than usual, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). This marks the fourth year in a row that rains covered the country before the expected July 8 schedule.
• The IMD has also forecasted "above normal" rainfall for July, predicting over 106% of the long period average (LPA).

Russia

• Dry conditions "will definitely affect" pea yields in southern Rostov and the north of Krasnodar, according to Sergey Pluzhnikov of Russia Pulses Analytics.
• The same was not true of other producing regions: "Central Russia will receive enough precipitation," says Pluzhnikov, "– shots of the pea fields of Tambov, Voronezh, and Lipetsk look optimistic."
• The Volga region has seen some issues with excess moisture, and "locust outbreaks" have been reported in Volgograd and Saratov. Of the pests, Pluzhnikov said: "This has not resulted in a massive problem so far, we are closely monitoring the news.”
• In Siberia and Altay, Pluzhnikov reports a normal development of plants: "Everything is going well – the weather is on our side."

USA

• Samuel Peck of Jack's Bean reports mixed weather across the U.S. bean growing regions: "I hear the chickpeas in the PNW (Pacific Northwest) are getting a little stressed. South Dakota, Nebraska, and some parts of Montana look very good – other parts of Montana are somewhat stressed."