Insights and Stories on Weather

Prairie CWRS wheat cash bids ease

Sep. 3, 2013 at 4:07 pm CDT

Cash bids for Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat eased across Western Canada during the week ended Sept. 3, as crop prospects were looking good amid generally favourable weather. Reports that harvest activities have begun for some crops in all three Prairie Provinces, as well as for spring wheat in […]

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

By Rod Nickel

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

Sep. 3, 2013 at 3:10 pm CDT

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

McMillan: La Nina, El Nino speculation may be premature

Aug. 30, 2013 at 12:55 am CDT

A major influence on global weather and climate is the La Nina and El Nino cycles, which involve warming of the waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. The changing ocean temperatures influence cloud formation and precipitation patterns. The El Nino phase describes warming, while the La Nina cooling […]

By stuart-mcmillan

U.S. corn, soy, wheat close lower on profit-taking setback

Aug. 29, 2013 at 4:46 pm CDT

U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures fell on Thursday as traders locked in profits from sharp rallies earlier in the week. The downturn in corn and wheat completely erased the week’s gains, but declines in soybeans were limited by concerns that crop yields could be reduced in coming days if […]

By Mark Weinraub