Insights and Stories on Weather

Churchill port slightly less busy as grain monopoly ends

Dec. 14, 2012 at 5:39 am CST

Canada’s only Arctic port, at Churchill, Man., saw slightly reduced grain shipments in 2012 as a government subsidy to shippers partly offset a change in how western grain is marketed. The port handled 432,434 tonnes of grain, mostly wheat and durum, but also barley and canola, down about four per […]

Canada’s canola acreage seen down in 2013, production up

Dec. 12, 2012 at 3:17 am CST

By Dwayne Klassen

U.S. wheat at five-month low as USDA raises supply forecasts

Dec. 11, 2012 at 6:43 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Record-high soybean crop forging path to China

Dec. 11, 2012 at 6:16 am CST

By Rod Nickel

StatsCan survey finds canola supplies remain tight

Dec. 5, 2012 at 6:04 pm CST

By Dwayne Klassen

U.S. corn, wheat fall, but late rally pushes soy higher

Dec. 4, 2012 at 6:16 pm CST

U.S. corn futures fell on Tuesday amid slumping demand for U.S. exports, and wheat also weakened to extend a losing streak on technical selling. Yet soybean futures closed higher, after trading in negative territory for much of the day on improving weather in key growing areas of Brazil. The soy […]

By Mark Weinraub

Ont. vineyards expect major demand for 2012 crush

Dec. 4, 2012 at 4:19 am CST

Ontario’s record grape harvest, coming in the midst of an expected global wine shortage, is seen providing the province’s growers an "unprecedented opportunity" to expand their exports. The province’s 2012 grape harvest, according to data released Friday from Grape Growers of Ontario, is 65,800 tonnes, with farm gate value of […]

Jury out on StatsCan canola production estimate

Dec. 3, 2012 at 6:12 pm CST

The jury is still out on whether the last Canadian production survey of 2012 will reveal smaller or larger canola supplies than what the early October report did, based on feedback from the industry. The report, scheduled to be released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, will finalize Canada’s 2012 grain […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Organic farmers ponder the future of food

Nov. 30, 2012 at 4:59 pm CST

They weren’t shying away from the big issues at the recent Organic Connections conference here: one renowned sustainable farming expert declared the days of "cheap" energy to be coming to an end. "It’s not a question of exactly when we run out of oil, natural gas, or coal — it’s […]

By Daniel Winters

Soy at three-week high on U.S. exports, wet Argentina

Nov. 29, 2012 at 7:23 pm CST

U.S. soybeans rose to a three-week high on Thursday, bolstered by strong soy product exports and forecasts for continued wet weather during the planting season in Argentina. Wheat futures were lower for the first time in eight sessions and corn shed as much as one per cent, pressured by disappointing […]

By Michael Hirtzer