Insights and Stories on Weather

Spring planting well underway in Ontario

May. 12, 2022 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Farmers are well into seeding their crops for 2022, according to Wednesday’s crop report from Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The report noted planting of corn, soybeans and spring cereals started late last week — the exception being where there are heavier soils. OMAFRA […]

Tightening supplies likely to underpin chickpea market

May. 11, 2022 at 1:07 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse weekly outlook: Late Prairie seeding may sway acres out of peas

May. 10, 2022 at 7:08 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

World could see 1.5 C of warming in next five years, WMO reports

May. 9, 2022 at 6:26 pm CDT

By Gloria Dickie

Farming behind the lines: Growers in Ukraine plant amid hostilities close by

May. 9, 2022 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Ihor Pavliuk

Drought gone in Manitoba but worsening in Alberta, AAFC reports

May. 9, 2022 at 5:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Record-breaking precipitation in southern Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan helped improve moisture conditions in the region in April, taking much of the area out of the drought classification, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) for the period ended April 30. Two separate […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans ease on expected planting progress

May. 9, 2022 at 4:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Monday to five-week lows as warmer U.S. weather expedited planting progress, deflating fears of added soybean acres and further cuts to corn plantings, traders said. Wheat remained underpinned by dry conditions in the U.S. and French growing belts, reinforcing global supply […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Alberta seeding ahead of five-year average

May. 6, 2022 at 6:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While spring planting in Alberta is 12.2 per cent complete overall there’s a disparity between the south and the rest of the province. Also, the pace was 2.6 points above the five-year average, but 5.2 behind last year. As of Tuesday, Alberta Agriculture found seeding in the south […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn slide on Midwest weather forecasts

May. 6, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures slid on Friday as rising interest rates and currency pressures weighed on U.S. exports and forecasts of warm, dry weather opened a window for Midwestern farmers to get their crop planted. Recent rainfall in South America could boost Brazil’s south-central corn […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Seeding already behind in Saskatchewan

May. 5, 2022 at 6:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Saskatchewan Agriculture on Thursday issued its first weekly crop report of 2022, showing only one per cent of all crops in the ground. The report cited cool temperatures and spring snowstorms holding back many farmers getting into their fields. The overall five-year average at this time of year […]

By MarketsFarm