Insights and Stories on Weather

U.S. soy, corn futures seen on pace for extreme lows

Aug. 7, 2013 at 6:17 pm CDT

After a drought-filled growing season in 2012-13 that pushed soybean and corn prices extremely high, U.S. soy and corn are on pace to produce bumper crops in 2013-14 — and both markets are seeing a huge reversal in prices because of it. With each crop entering important development phases and […]

Canola weak, but watching weather

Aug. 7, 2013 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Bertha not yet at threshold in Alta. fields

Aug. 7, 2013 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

U.S. wheat falls with export demand, corn weak

Aug. 7, 2013 at 5:08 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

OSCIA: Managing soybean seedling diseases can cut production costs

Aug. 7, 2013 at 2:24 pm CDT

By Lilian Schaer

Alta. crop hail claims reported above normal

Aug. 7, 2013 at 1:40 am CDT

Hail is wreaking havoc in Alberta this summer, forcing farmers to file many more hail claims than normal to date, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association’s latest report. About 300 claims in the province stemmed from a July 20 storm that ran from Rimbey to Alix, the association said […]

By Lisa Guenther

Chicago soybeans drop, new corn slips as big harvests near

Aug. 6, 2013 at 4:09 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday to a more than one-year low, weighed down by favourable crop conditions and weather that point to a bumper harvest. Corn prices were mixed and U.S. wheat rebounded modestly after the previous day’s one-year low. “For summer crops right now, the path of least […]

By Rod Nickel

Alberta crop conditions better than average, big yields seen

Aug. 2, 2013 at 1:45 pm CDT

Alberta crop conditions are well above average, pointing to big yields, the provincial government said Friday in its most recent crop report as of July 30. * Overall crop rating was 87.5 per cent in good or excellent condition, down slightly from previous 87.6 per cent (as of July 16). […]

By Reuters

Most Saskatchewan crops in good condition: report

Aug. 1, 2013 at 4:36 pm CDT

The majority of crops in Saskatchewan were rated in good to excellent condition during the week ended July 29, a crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture said Thursday. The report noted that 84 per cent of spring wheat crops, 82 per cent of canola, 81 per cent of lentils […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Rain expected in U.S. Midwest; temperatures to remain cool

Jul. 31, 2013 at 2:06 pm CDT

Rain across the U.S. Midwest during the next week will be lighter than expected but almost all areas will receive some precipitation. • Temperatures will remain cool, so the corn crop should finish its pollination stress free, said John Dee, a meteorologist with Global Weather Monitoring. • The storms forecast […]

By Reuters