OMAHA (DTN) -- Traders will focus their attention on a mixed weather outlook for the Midwest next week when E-CBOT trading resumes Sunday evening.

The variable prospects are due to an intensifying El Nino in the equatorial Pacific. El Nino is the term used to describe the equatorial-region Pacific temperatures being above normal. An associated wind feature, with a more west-to-east trend, brings more moisture into the U.S. as well.

The impact of the more-prominent El Nino features highlights DTN Ag Meteorologist Mike Palmerino's Midwest outlook through the end of the month.

"It appears that the influence of a building ...