Insights and Stories on Weather

Food suppliers look to win Iran contracts after nuclear deal

Nov. 28, 2013 at 7:13 pm CST

After years of difficulty caused by economic sanctions, suppliers are hoping a nuclear deal will make it easier to win lucrative contracts to sell wheat, sugar and other food to Iran. Iran was never barred from buying food, but EU and U.S. financial measures have made trade more difficult for […]

Arctic blast puts wheat crop at risk in U.S. Plains

Nov. 27, 2013 at 4:40 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on growing global demand

Nov. 27, 2013 at 4:25 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

Frost, rains hit Australia’s wheat crop, drag on quality

Nov. 20, 2013 at 5:08 pm CST

By Colin Packham Naveen Thukral

Philippines typhoon crop damages worth $110M: FAO

Nov. 19, 2013 at 11:34 am CST

Pearce: Ont. farmers remain frustrated by wet fall

Nov. 15, 2013 at 4:32 pm CST

Wet weather, now accompanied by the first significant snowfall for much of southern and western Ontario, is creating a new level of angst for a large number of farmers. Some soybean fields remain standing and the prospects of those fields seeing a winter wheat crop have likely disappeared with the […]

By Ralph Pearce

Brazil confirms spike in Amazon deforestation

Nov. 15, 2013 at 4:13 pm CST

Deforestation in the Amazon increased by nearly a third over the past year, according to Brazilian government figures released Thursday, confirming a feared reversal in what had been steady progress over the past decade against destruction of the world’s largest rainforest. Satellite data for the 12 months through the end […]

By paulo-prada

Some Prairie areas too dry heading into freeze-up

Nov. 15, 2013 at 8:16 am CST

Some areas across Western Canada are experiencing dry soils heading into the winter freeze-up — which could affect some crops trying to survive over the winter. “There are some concerns with pasture recovery and just starting up the season next year,” said Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food […]

By Terryn Shiells

Manitoba farmers seek extension on fertilizer deadline

Nov. 7, 2013 at 6:23 pm CST

Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) farm group is still seeking a blanket extension of the province’s Nov. 10 deadline for applying fertilizer and manure to fields — but the government is betting the blast of winter in the current forecast will render the request moot. KAP president Doug Chorney said […]

By Allan Dawson

U.S. grains: Corn futures fall on big crop expectations

Nov. 4, 2013 at 6:11 pm CST

U.S. corn futures hit a fresh three-year low on Monday, their fourth straight day of declines, as expectations for a record crop in the United States continued to build, traders said. Wheat also dropped, under pressure from technical selling as well as spillover weakness from corn. Soybeans were mixed, with […]

By Mark Weinraub