Insights and Stories on Weather

U.S. grains: Chicago corn dampened by prediction of El Nino rain

Mar. 9, 2023 at 6:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures hit their lowest price since August on Thursday on expectations that the El Nino climate phenomenon could boost U.S. crops and concerns about rising interest rates. La Nina has ended, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday, and El Niño […]

Crop, livestock prices offset reduced marketings in 2022

Feb. 28, 2023 at 8:19 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

‘Normal’ spring ahead for most of the Prairies

Feb. 28, 2023 at 6:18 pm CST

By MarketsFarm

Nova Scotia to bridge Fiona funding gap for farmers

Feb. 24, 2023 at 9:10 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

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Multi-million-dollar fund greenlights soil health projects

Feb. 21, 2023 at 3:11 pm CST

By Alexis Stockford

Revisions possible for Argentina corn, wheat carryouts

Feb. 13, 2023 at 7:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There should be changes to 2022-23 Argentina corn and wheat endings stocks, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) attaché in Buenos Aires. The Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report cited a sharp increase in the carryover for corn and a smaller bump up when it came […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn, soy firm on WASDE report

Feb. 8, 2023 at 4:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures firmed on Wednesday, supported by weather conditions in South America that hamper rival exports, though higher-than-expected U.S. supplies limited gains. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) added 15 cents to $7.64-3/4 a bushel (all figures […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Absence of issues leads to January record for grain movement

Feb. 6, 2023 at 6:10 pm CST

MarketsFarm — So far this winter grain movement in Canada has yet to incur few — if any — major problems that have stymied rail shipments, according to Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corp., which tracks rail movement in Canada. Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway (CP, CN) have […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Argentina soybean crop smaller than expected, USDA attaché says

Feb. 1, 2023 at 8:13 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Argentina’s 2022-23 soybean crop is likely much smaller than official projections as high temperatures and a lack of moisture cut into yields, according to an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Buenos Aires attaché. The USDA post from the South American country pegged the soybean crop at […]

By MarketsFarm

Saskatchewan holds Crown grazing rents at last year’s levels

Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:00 am CST

Cattle producers leasing Crown land for grazing in Saskatchewan won’t see a rate hike this year and may be eligible for a significant rate cut. The provincial government announced Wednesday it has frozen the rates charged to producers who lease Crown grazing land in 2023 at their 2022 level. The […]

By Dave Bedard