Insights and Stories on Weather

Prairie Forecast: Quiet, mild start to December

Nov. 29, 2023 at 11:57 am CST

The last forecast played out pretty close to what the weather models were predicting, with one small deviation: temperatures ended up being about 2 to 4 C warmer than forecasted. This will be something to keep in mind as we look at this week’s forecast. The forecast is looking rather […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on Brazilian heat, export demand

Nov. 28, 2023 at 7:31 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien

Coalition seeks farmers, ranchers to join climate change forum

Nov. 27, 2023 at 8:29 am CST

By Lisa Guenther

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on downpours in drought-stricken Brazil

Nov. 22, 2023 at 7:26 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

Prairie Forecast: Winter temperatures try to move in

Nov. 22, 2023 at 10:14 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Prairie forecast: One more shot of warm weather?

Nov. 15, 2023 at 9:36 am CST

It looks like the well above average temperatures that flooded across the prairies over the last week or so will be coming to an end, at least eventually. The good news is that it doesn't look like it will be an abrupt end with well below average temperatures moving in.

By Daniel Bezte

El Nino to continue through Northern Hemisphere spring, U.S. forecaster says

Nov. 9, 2023 at 5:05 pm CST

Reuters — El Nino weather conditions will continue through the Northern Hemisphere during April-June 2024 with a 62 per cent chance, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. “Above-average sea surface temperatures (SST) across the equatorial Pacific Ocean were indicative of a strong El Nino, with anomalies increasing in […]

By Reuters

Prairie Forecast: False start to winter as mild air returns

Nov. 8, 2023 at 1:29 pm CST

It looks more and more as though our late-October cold snap and snowy conditions were indeed a false start to winter. In the last forecast I mentioned the really cold air looks to be bottled up well to our north, and it was and will be for the next week […]

By Daniel Bezte

Brazil’s second corn crop facing delays

Nov. 7, 2023 at 6:19 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There remained little doubt that Brazil’s corn safrinha (second) crop will be smaller than initially anticipated, according to Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. He chalked up most of that due to conditions being too dry and too wet for the planting of Brazil’s soybean […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie Forecast: Nice, quiet early-winter weather

Nov. 1, 2023 at 12:36 pm CDT

Interesting weather pattern setting up across the Prairies during this forecast period. Well, maybe “interesting” isn’t the right word; “boring” might be a better one. What I mean by “interesting” is just how quickly we swung from a warm fall pattern to a cool winter pattern. Low temperatures across the […]

By Daniel Bezte