A watch is issued when conditions are favorable for the development of El Ni\u00f1o within the next six months. The Climate Prediction Center said probabilities have risen over the last month from 61% to 74% of an El Ni\u00f1o emerging between August and October.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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El Ni\u00f1o refers to a climate pattern that arises when the Pacific Ocean\u2019s equatorial region experiences warming, which then reacts with the atmosphere to cause weather shifts worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n On the commodity front, Bloomberg analyst Jake Lloyd-Smith said El Ni\u00f1o might impact harvests in the second half of the year:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n So the parade of warnings that a\u00a0<\/em>disruptive El Nino pattern<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0may be on the way is\u00a0<\/em>critical for commodities<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as it carries the potential to roil palm oil, sugar, and cocoa to list just a few.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The latest to wade are the folk at the US government, who\u2019ve issued an El Nino watch. The pattern forms when the equatorial Pacific warms and reacts with the atmosphere to\u00a0<\/em>disrupt weather the world over<\/em><\/strong>. In this neighborhood, it can\u00a0<\/em>crimp rainfall, drying out crops and possibly cutting harvests. In India and New Zealand, forecasters have also signaled their concern recently. That follows similar messages from Australia, Peru, and the Philippines. The pack, it seems, is well and truly on the move.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s a two-step process at work here. First, while the probability of an El Nino setting in has been increasing, it\u2019s not a certainty yet. And second, even if one does form, the events vary tremendously in their intensity.\u00a0<\/em>The one that sticks in my mind is the appalling event of 1997-98 that played out as a vicious backdrop during the Asian Financial Crisis. Right now, we\u2019ve been warned.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n El Ni\u00f1o\u2019s effect on crop yields could further strain the already stressed global food supply chain, leading to an increase in prices and making it harder for central bankers to cool inflation. As readers know,\u00a0elevated food prices<\/a>\u00a0and the soaring cost of living in emerging market nations can ignite social unrest, creating a perfect storm of adverse economic and political consequences.\u00a0(source zerohedge.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWe\u2019ve Been Warned:\u201d El Nino Watch Initiated As Ag-Industry In Crosshairs BY TYLER DURDEN Originally Published: FRIDAY, APR 14, 2023 \u2013 11:20 PM This week, the\u00a0Climate Prediction Center\u00a0of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an El Ni\u00f1o Watch, indicating the increasing likelihood of the weather-altering phenomenon developing in the Pacific Ocean. If El Ni\u00f1o … Read moreEl Nino Implications<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","pmpro-has-access"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2023-04-14_05-18-54.png?itok=kTqujJ1j\")
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![<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nOn the commodity front, Bloomberg analyst Jake Lloyd-Smith said El Ni\u00f1o might impact harvests in the second half of the year:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nSo the parade of warnings that a\u00a0<\/em>disruptive El Nino pattern<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0may be on the way is\u00a0<\/em>critical for commodities<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as it carries the potential to roil palm oil, sugar, and cocoa to list just a few.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe latest to wade are the folk at the US government, who\u2019ve issued an El Nino watch. The pattern forms when the equatorial Pacific warms and reacts with the atmosphere to\u00a0<\/em>disrupt weather the world over<\/em><\/strong>. In this neighborhood, it can\u00a0<\/em>crimp rainfall, drying out crops and possibly cutting harvests. In India and New Zealand, forecasters have also signaled their concern recently. That follows similar messages from Australia, Peru, and the Philippines. The pack, it seems, is well and truly on the move.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThere\u2019s a two-step process at work here. First, while the probability of an El Nino setting in has been increasing, it\u2019s not a certainty yet. And second, even if one does form, the events vary tremendously in their intensity.\u00a0<\/em>The one that sticks in my mind is the appalling event of 1997-98 that played out as a vicious backdrop during the Asian Financial Crisis. Right now, we\u2019ve been warned.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nEl Ni\u00f1o\u2019s effect on crop yields could further strain the already stressed global food supply chain, leading to an increase in prices and making it harder for central bankers to cool inflation. As readers know,\u00a0elevated food prices<\/a>\u00a0and the soaring cost of living in emerging market nations can ignite social unrest, creating a perfect storm of adverse economic and political consequences.\u00a0(source zerohedge.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019ve Been Warned:\u201d El Nino Watch Initiated As Ag-Industry In Crosshairs BY TYLER DURDEN Originally Published: FRIDAY, APR 14, 2023 \u2013 11:20 PM This week, the\u00a0Climate Prediction Center\u00a0of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an El Ni\u00f1o Watch, indicating the increasing likelihood of the weather-altering phenomenon developing in the Pacific Ocean. If El Ni\u00f1o … Read moreEl Nino Implications<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","pmpro-has-access"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smashomash.com\/smashteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-04-14_05-18-54.png?itok=kTqujJ1j\"){kind=link}