Insights and Stories on Weather

Q+A: Temple Grandin on Zilmax, beta-agonists

Aug. 23, 2013 at 5:22 pm CDT

Merck and Co. recruited Temple Grandin, an advocate for the humane treatment of livestock, to be on a board that will consult on the company’s Zilmax feed additive, which has been temporarily taken off the U.S. and Canadian markets following animal welfare concerns. Grandin, who frequently works for the meat […]

Hot spell boosts U.S. soy to two-month high; corn also rises

Aug. 23, 2013 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Sam Nelson

Rain pulls CBOT soy off two-month high

Aug. 22, 2013 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Sam Nelson

ICE outlook: Canola still watching weather

Aug. 21, 2013 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT soy rises to two-month high on weather threat to crop

Aug. 21, 2013 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Sam Nelson

Record StatsCan canola estimate likely larger still

Aug. 21, 2013 at 11:25 am CDT

Canadian canola production will likely end up even larger in 2013-14 than the already record-high estimate from Statistics Canada in its first survey results of the year, according to industry participants. StatsCan on Wednesday pegged canola production in 2013-14 at a record 14.7 million tonnes, which would compare with 13.3 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT corn, soy slip as tour reports potential big crops

Aug. 20, 2013 at 2:22 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures eased on Tuesday after climbing to a two-month high in the previous session, with the market pressured by profit-taking and prospects for a big U.S. soybean harvest. Corn also sagged from a four-week peak on Monday, weighed down by a ProFarmer tour of […]

By Sam Nelson

Large crops anticipated in StatsCan survey

Aug. 19, 2013 at 4:38 pm CDT

Production of Canada’s major grain and oilseed crops in 2013 is generally expected to show an improvement from the previous year, but the extent of the increase for each crop will depend on conditions over the latter half of the growing season. Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based production estimates […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT soy leaps to two-month high as weather threatens yields

Aug. 19, 2013 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures surged 3.5 per cent to a two-month high on Monday and corn rallied more than three per cent to a three-week high as dry weather threatened to trim U.S. crop yields. Wheat rose a more modest one per cent on spillover buying from […]

By Sam Nelson

Hail tapers off on Prairies

Aug. 19, 2013 at 3:53 pm CDT

Saskatchewan hail claims have slowed over the last two weeks, but some farmers were hit a second or third time this year, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. An Aug. 5 storm nailed farmers in southeastern and southwestern Saskatchewan, netting hail claims from many communities, the insurers’ association report […]

By Lisa Guenther