Insights and Stories on Weather

U.S. livestock: February live cattle lower on slaughter delays

Dec. 22, 2022 at 5:06 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME live cattle futures eased on Thursday, as harsh cold conditions delayed slaughter operations, analysts said. Summer month futures climbed to contract highs as traders anticipate lower cattle supplies, possibly exacerbated by icy conditions. “We’re seeing those prices in April push through the roof. We now […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease on South American rainfall

Dec. 22, 2022 at 4:53 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. winter wheat to feel the cold

Dec. 21, 2022 at 6:46 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans end higher with South America in focus

Dec. 20, 2022 at 4:50 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

Feds open up consultations for sustainable ag strategy

Dec. 19, 2022 at 6:57 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

CBOT weekly outlook: South America’s dry weather affecting soy complex

Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:38 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report last week is taking a back seat to drought concerns in South America, according to a Chicago grains analyst. Terry Reilly from Futures International said Friday’s WASDE report had very little effect on the Chicago […]

By Adam Peleshaty

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

Dec. 13, 2022 at 6:27 pm CST

Los Angeles | Reuters — A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time. Dubbed SWOT, short for Surface Water and Ocean […]

By Steve Gorman

Australia looking at record wheat, canola crops

Dec. 6, 2022 at 6:32 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Australia is forecast to harvest record-large wheat and canola crops in 2022-23, with improved crop prospects in many parts of the country more than offsetting losses in others. That analysis comes from the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), […]

By MarketsFarm

StatCan data show smaller Canadian canola, durum production

Dec. 2, 2022 at 2:13 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers grew less canola and durum than originally thought in 2022, but more barley and oats, according to updated production estimates from Statistics Canada released Friday. “There were both bullish and bearish surprises,” MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said. While canola production of 18.174 million tonnes was […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Environment Canada sees ‘average’ Prairie winter ahead

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:44 pm CST

MarketsFarm — An ‘average’ winter is in the forecast for most of the Canadian Prairies, according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast for December through February from Environment Canada, released Wednesday. The government department is calling for normal temperatures across all the agricultural areas of the three Prairie provinces — […]

By MarketsFarm