Brazil May Cut Corn Output Forecast More on Frost (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

une 8 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil may cut this year’s corn output forecast for a third consecutive time in July as a frost in Center South states damaged the beans following a drought, an Agriculture Ministry official said.

Corn growers may harvest less than the 49.9 million metric tons forecast announced today as frost in Parana and Mato Grosso do Sul states damaged the beans in the past two weeks, Silvio Porto, agriculture policy director at the ministry’s crop forecasting agency, said today at a news conference in Brasilia.

Cold puts Western Canada crops behind schedule | Green Business | Reuters

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Cool weather has pushed growth of Western Canada's wheat and barley crop at least 10 days behind schedule, the Canadian Wheat Board said on Monday.

"You're pushing development into a period with better likelihood of getting a (pre-harvest) frost," said Bruce Burnett, director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat Board. "It's not particularly what we need at this moment. It's just too cool."

There's little relief in forecasts for the Prairie region. Southern Manitoba, parts of which are still seeding, will have cool, wet weather through Wednesday, according to Environment Canada. Daily low temperatures of just above freezing are also forecast for much of Saskatchewan and Alberta.