Insights and Stories on Weather

Ontario MDS volunteers already moving hay west

Sep. 14, 2021 at 7:28 pm CDT

It’s in the spirit of co-operation in difficult times that a group of Ontario farmers have launched a hay donation program to assist their Saskatchewan counterparts. Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada, a volunteer organization that provides assistance in the aftermath of disasters in Canada and the U.S., is organizing the […]

Some grain terminals restart after Ida as Nicholas rains arrive

Sep. 14, 2021 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Pulse weekly outlook: Small Canadian crops lead to marketing shift

Sep. 14, 2021 at 1:58 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie crops downgraded in latest StatsCan estimates

Sep. 14, 2021 at 12:16 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada’s canola production likely to be cut further

Sep. 13, 2021 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Drought maps show little change at end of August

Sep. 10, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Much of Western Canada remained in some state of drought at the end of August despite widespread rains late in the month, according to updated maps compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The area mapped out as dealing with ‘exceptional drought’ in south-central Manitoba’s agricultural regions contracted slightly […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

EU parliament committee approves farm subsidy reforms

Sep. 9, 2021 at 7:30 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Parliament’s agriculture committee on Thursday approved a deal to overhaul the European Union’s huge farming subsidies, including new measures aimed at making agriculture greener. The committee approved three pieces of legislation, which from 2023 will govern spending from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) […]

By Kate Abnett

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean, wheat fall ahead of USDA report

Sep. 9, 2021 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest in 7-1/2 months on Thursday, under pressure from expectations that the U.S. government will raise its domestic production forecast, traders said. Wheat futures sank 2.4 per cent to their lowest in more than a month on follow-through technical selling […]

By Mark Weinraub

Thunder Bay reports rare inbound grain shipment

Sep. 2, 2021 at 7:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Grain movement at the Port of Thunder Bay included a rare inbound cargo of feed wheat, according to the port’s latest monthly report. A 12,000-tonne shipment of feed wheat was delivered to Richardson’s Current River elevator from the company’s facility in Hamilton, Ont. The wheat was said to […]

By MarketsFarm

Nexera canola seed to come with heat blast insurance

Sep. 2, 2021 at 1:40 pm CDT

Farmers can’t prevent canola flowers from aborting in hot weather resulting in lower yields, but one seed company is providing some insurance against it — as part of the price of the seed. Brevant’s Nexera canola seed comes with a “a first-of-its-kind” insurance policy worth up to $100 an acre […]

By Allan Dawson