Insights and Stories on Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures steady; wheat mixed

Jun. 20, 2023 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures steadied on Tuesday after the market rallied sharply at the end of last week on concerns that hot and dry weather will lead to harvest shortfalls. The market remained underpinned by the most recent forecasts, which remained unfavourable for key growing […]

Prairie Forecast Update: Alberta low to break in two

Jun. 19, 2023 at 1:57 am CDT

By Daniel Bezte

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat set multi-month highs on weather worries

Jun. 16, 2023 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Weather markets assert themselves

Jun. 16, 2023 at 11:24 am CDT

Prairie Forecast: Alberta low looks to dominate

Jun. 14, 2023 at 8:20 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Western Canada covered in smoke as wildfires loosen grip on Quebec

Jun. 12, 2023 at 8:27 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Smoke shrouded Western Canada on Monday as wildfires flared again in the main oil-producing province of Alberta, while firefighters in Quebec doused some of the worst early-season blazes, allowing thousands of evacuees to return home. Canada is enduring its most destructive start to wildfire season, with […]

By Ismail Shakil

Drought expands across Canadian Prairies

Jun. 12, 2023 at 8:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Warm and dry conditions across much of the Prairies in May caused drought conditions to worsen, especially in Alberta, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. As of May 31, an estimated 79 per cent of the Prairie region was classified as abnormally […]

By MarketsFarm

Wheat is winning

Jun. 9, 2023 at 4:53 pm CDT

Western Canada’s wheat crop is off to a flying start, and it’s so far among the best in several years. Gord Gilmour caught up with Bruce Burnett, MarketsFarm director of crops and weather, to talk about how it’s looking, and how it stacks up globally, and how the canola crop […]

Prairie Forecast: Switch in pattern but summer sticking around

Jun. 9, 2023 at 1:32 pm CDT

The weather models are doing a good job handling all the heat and humidity that has been driving thunderstorms and breaking temperature records across the eastern half of the Prairies over the last week. To the west it has been a little cooler and drier, with not as much instability […]

By Daniel Bezte

International help rolls in to fight unyielding Canadian wildfires

Jun. 8, 2023 at 3:47 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Allies around the world are promising to boost support for Canada’s fight against hundreds of blazes amid the country’s worst-ever start to wildfire season, which is fueling concerns about the worsening consequences of climate change. Forest fires continued to burn across Canada on Thursday, forcing thousands […]

By Ismail Shakil Nia Williams