Insights and Stories on Weather

Minogue: Undercurrent of frustration pervades at CropSphere

Jan. 16, 2014 at 11:57 am CST

Just months after a record-setting harvest, delegates nodded as market analyst Larry Webber told Saskatchewan farmers at CropSphere in Saskatoon, “Everything is not rosy in the country.” Frustration is building as many farmers are taking large price discounts to sell their grain into a congested transportation system and other farmers […]

Potato growers get herbicide against broadleaf, grassy weeds

Jan. 13, 2014 at 4:58 am CST

Record-high snowfalls cause over a dozen barn collapses in central Alta.

Jan. 13, 2014 at 3:58 am CST

By Jennifer Blair

Cold, wet weather may help spread deadly piglet virus: USDA

Jan. 10, 2014 at 4:45 am CST

Cold temperatures not causing problems for Prairies’ winter wheat

Jan. 9, 2014 at 7:46 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs rise amid roll by funds

Jan. 8, 2014 at 8:55 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and hog futures on Wednesday gained as funds sold, or rolled, the February contract and bought deferred months, traders said. CME livestock fund investors liquidated their February long positions, and mainly bought April futures, in a procedure known as the “roll” by followers of the […]

By Theopolis Waters

RFID tagging on cattle best left for warmer weather

Jan. 8, 2014 at 3:05 am CST

Research into why radio frequency ID (RFID) tags sometimes just won’t stay put on cattle’s ears has found very cold temperatures have a “profound effect” on tag strength. Use of RFID tags is now mandated through the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) for traceability of individual cattle from birth through […]

U.S. livestock: Weak cash sentiment undermines CME hog futures

Jan. 7, 2014 at 5:51 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Tuesday fell in anticipation of lower cash prices soon, traders and analysts said. The arctic blast that snarled transportation of livestock to market is expected to subside by midweek, freeing up more hogs that could pressure cash values, they said. The federal government estimated […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Big chill moves CME live cattle to record highs

Jan. 6, 2014 at 6:33 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures, on a lead-month chart basis, notched a new high for a fourth straight session on Monday, partly driven by arctic air that disrupted livestock production in parts of the country, traders said. Treacherous travel conditions in the Midwest snarled the delivery of cattle and […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Prices rise on bitter U.S. cold, heatwave in Argentina

Jan. 6, 2014 at 5:05 pm CST

U.S. grain futures rose on Monday as bitterly cold temperatures threatened to damage dormant wheat crops in the United States and a heatwave put Argentina’s corn harvest at risk. Soybean futures jumped amid technical buying, while soymeal gained on expectations that the brutal U.S. cold will increase demand for livestock […]

By Tom Polansek