Insights and Stories on Weather

Mar. 26, 2013 at 9:31 am CDT

U.S. grains edged lower on Monday as crop-friendly snowfall and rains moved across the U.S. Corn Belt and traders squared positions ahead of a major government crop report due later this week. Wheat futures declined from the one-month high notched last week while soybean futures eased for a second straight […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Mar. 26, 2013 at 9:31 am CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures on Monday turned higher on short-covering after Friday’s bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly cattle-on-feed report, analysts and traders said. Friday’s data showed a bigger-than-expected drop in the number of cattle placed in feedlots in February as corn remained at historically-high levels. “The […]

By Theopolis Waters

Mar. 22, 2013 at 3:10 pm CDT

Canadian corn is flowing to U.S. ethanol plants and feed suppliers in larger than usual volumes, with up to one million tonnes expected in 2012-13, as a large Ontario crop backfills demand after last year’s severe U.S. drought. Canada is normally a net importer of corn, feeding Eastern Canada’s pigs […]

By Karl Plume, Rod Nickel

Mar. 21, 2013 at 1:29 pm CDT

Organizers of the HayEast drive to run feed from Western Canada to ranchers in parched areas of Ontario and Quebec have picked up six-figure provincial support which they say will see the program through to June 1. HayEast 2012, a partnership involving farm organizations across Canada and the Winnipeg-based Mennonite […]

Mar. 21, 2013 at 3:18 am CDT

The Saskatchewan government’s plans for a record-high budget on crop insurance in 2013 are expected to be offset with lower provincial spending on other federal/provincial business risk management (BRM) programs. The province on Wednesday announced a total budget of $406.9 million for its agriculture department in 2013-14, including $198.3 million […]