Insights and Stories on Weather

Flax production to drop with fewer acres, dry conditions

Jul. 18, 2023 at 6:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As with other crops on the Canadian Prairies, flax has been struggling with the hot and dry conditions across the region. That said, Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada at Yorkton, Sask. noted there’s very little doubt when it comes to flax prices increasing during the course of […]

Prairie Forecast Update: Low pushes southeast instead

Jul. 17, 2023 at 1:29 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Weather outlook not great for Prairie crops

Jul. 13, 2023 at 7:34 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally as focus returns to weather, dollar

Jul. 13, 2023 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie Forecast: Large Hudson Bay low dominates

Jul. 12, 2023 at 1:56 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Much of Canada abnormally dry or in moderate drought

Jul. 10, 2023 at 7:57 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — In a stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, a wide swath of Canada was contending with dryness, according to the latest report from the Canadian Drought Monitor. As of June 30, about 60 per cent of the country was abnormally dry to being in a moderate […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn drop on improved crop weather

Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday as recent welcome rains across the Midwest farm belt, and forecasts for more next week, aided crops that had been suffering under an early season drought. Soybeans, which notched a four-month high on Monday, ended down 1.9 per […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. acres surprise, Prairie acres parched

Jul. 7, 2023 at 2:43 pm CDT

New acreage estimates for this year are now out from both Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, surprising Chicago corn and soybean traders, less so for Canadian canola and wheat market observers. Glacier FarmMedia’s Gord Gilmour and MarketsFarm weather and crops specialist Bruce Burnett discuss those estimates — […]

Prairie Forecast: Big change in weather pattern

Jul. 5, 2023 at 6:29 pm CDT

Most people have been saying that June felt like July and the weather statistics agreed. Well, if the weather models are correct, it’s looking like July will feel more like June — at least for the next forecast period. Here is the big picture before we dive into the details […]

By Daniel Bezte

Dry, hot Canadian summer expected

Jul. 4, 2023 at 5:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Warmer-than-normal temperatures are expected across all of Canada for the next three months, with average precipitation in most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies. That’s according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment Canada, released Friday. The government department calls for a 50-70 per cent chance […]

By MarketsFarm