Insights and Stories on Weather

CBOT soybeans plunge on profit-taking, wetter forecast

Sep. 4, 2013 at 5:18 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures plunged 2-1/2 per cent on Wednesday, surrendering all of the prior session’s gains in a profit-taking setback amid a slightly better forecast for parts of the Midwest, where dry weather has eroded yields. The oilseed was also pressured by talk that top importer China was planning to […]

Goss’s wilt arrives in Alta. cornfields

Sep. 3, 2013 at 5:34 pm CDT

Prairie CWRS wheat cash bids ease

Sep. 3, 2013 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Tight carryover stocks keep flax prices steady into harvest

Sep. 3, 2013 at 3:42 pm CDT

By Brandon Logan

World Food Programme says 2.2M in Zimbabwe face food shortages

Sep. 3, 2013 at 3:38 pm CDT

Prairie canola, wheat ripen in ‘ideal’ weather

Sep. 3, 2013 at 3:33 pm CDT

Western Canada’s canola and wheat crops look to ripen this week in greenhouse-like conditions, weather forecasts show, increasing the chances of bumper crops. Despite delayed spring planting and cool weather earlier in summer that slowed crop development, Canada is set to reap its biggest wheat crop in 22 years and […]

By Rod Nickel

CBOT soybeans rally as dry weather threatens U.S. yields

Sep. 3, 2013 at 3:10 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures surged more than two per cent on Tuesday as dry weather in key production areas of the U.S. farm belt eroded crop conditions and threatened yield prospects. But corn futures fell more than one per cent on weak cash markets as the harvest crept northward from the […]

By Karl Plume

Harvest work in early stages across Alta.

Aug. 30, 2013 at 8:30 pm CDT

Harvest activities were in the early stages across Alberta at the end of August, according to a provincial crop specialist. “In the central Alberta area, there’s a little bit of barley off, some swathing going on, and starting of the swathing of canola,” said Mark Cutts of Alberta Agriculture and […]

By Terryn Shiells

Cooler, wetter weather outlook drags on CBOT soybeans

Aug. 30, 2013 at 3:00 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures sank to a one-week low on Friday on forecasts for rain and cooler temperatures to relieve stressful crop conditions across the U.S. Midwest grain belt. Wheat and corn futures were mixed. Worries about crop damage from hot and dry weather have supported the soy market recently, with […]

By Tom Polansek

Man. soybean crop expecting average yields and better

Aug. 30, 2013 at 1:15 am CDT

Despite a recent bout of hot and dry weather across Manitoba, many soybean crops across the province are expected to see average to above-average yields this year. Concerns about similar hot and dry conditions in the U.S. have been reported recently, with talk that the conditions would reduce yield potential […]

By Terryn Shiells