Insights and Stories on Weather

Mosaic doesn’t expect U.S. drought to dent sales

Jul. 17, 2012 at 4:18 pm CDT

The drought devastating the U.S. corn crop likely won’t dent fertilizer sales, Mosaic Co. said on Tuesday as it reported better-than-expected quarterly results. The results and bullish forecast helped push the company’s stock up 4.2 per cent in midday trading. Drought is affecting about 55 per cent of the contiguous […]

Rains threaten Western Europe’s wheat quality

Jul. 17, 2012 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Nigel Hunt

U.S. corn jumps near daily limit as crop withers

Jul. 16, 2012 at 5:56 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Minogue: Crops research focused on Prairie competitiveness

Jul. 14, 2012 at 11:15 pm CDT

By Leeann Minogue

U.S. grain markets climb on Midwest drought worries

Jul. 13, 2012 at 8:04 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Facing parched pastures, U.S. ranchers cull cattle

Jul. 13, 2012 at 4:28 pm CDT

U.S. ranchers are rushing to sell off some of their cattle as the worst drought in nearly 25 years dries up pastures, thins hay supplies and sends feed costs skyrocketing. The more desperate in the U.S. Midwest are hauling water into areas where creeks have run dry and are scrambling […]

By Carey Gillam

Prairie heat moderates, rain to cool crops

Jul. 12, 2012 at 8:38 pm CDT

A heat wave this week across Western Canada’s canola and grain belt has moderated slightly, and rains forecast into next week should sprinkle some relief onto stressed crops, an agricultural meteorologist said. Temperatures that were forecast to reach around 35 C by midweek came in slightly cooler in some areas, […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. corn resumes bull run amid drought

Jul. 12, 2012 at 8:29 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures rose four per cent on Thursday to resume a drought-fueled bull run after forecasts for rain in parts of the Midwest were considered to be too little to reverse the worst conditions for the crop in some 25 years. These rains, however, could benefit soybeans, which enter […]

By Karl Plume

Prairie winter wheat harvest to start early

Jul. 12, 2012 at 9:20 am CDT

The development of winter wheat crops in Western Canada is as much as two to three weeks ahead of schedule and could be harvested in Manitoba as early as next week. Suitable growing conditions and diligent spraying efforts have supported crop development, according to two wheat experts. Western Canada’s winter […]

By ryan-kessler

U.S. grains tumble on profit-taking

Jul. 11, 2012 at 5:19 pm CDT

Corn futures tumbled Wednesday on profit-taking and as updated forecasts called for rain in the drought-parched eastern U.S. Midwest, erasing gains of nearly three per cent earlier. Soybeans fell as corn spiralled lower, both shrugging off early gains from bullish government estimates for a lower-than-anticipated U.S. crop and tighter stocks. […]

By Karl Plume