Insights and Stories on Weather

CN, CP trains ordered to slow down against fire risk

Jul. 12, 2021 at 5:15 am CDT

A new federal ministerial order calls for Canada’s big two railways to significantly cut their train speeds in any areas deemed to be at an “extreme” fire risk. “With extreme weather events occurring more severely and frequently in Canada due to climate change, it is important to have an adaptive […]

Anthrax kills southeastern Saskatchewan sheep

Jul. 9, 2021 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Rain pushes corn to 12 per cent weekly drop

Jul. 9, 2021 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on cool, wet forecast

Jul. 8, 2021 at 4:32 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

ICE weekly outlook: Expensive canola required

Jul. 7, 2021 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. Midwest weather in focus for soy, corn

Jul. 7, 2021 at 5:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have seen some wide price moves over the first trading week of July, as a surprisingly bullish acreage report at the end of June was quickly superseded by the weather. “Right now it’s weather; the weather has trumped […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy futures rebound on declining crop condition

Jul. 7, 2021 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on Wednesday, recouping a portion of heavy losses from a day earlier, as a lower-than-expected U.S. crop rating tempered hopes that rain will improve field conditions. Rains from Friday into next week will offer timely moisture for corn that […]

By Tom Polansek

Hot weather cuts into Canadian mustard crop

Jul. 6, 2021 at 8:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada is looking at another small mustard crop in 2021, which should keep prices well supported for any unpriced crop, as recent heat stress cut into yields. “That was a very rough week,” said Walter Dyck, the Alberta-based general manager with Wisconsin mustard-processor Olds Products, on the late […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops fight off record heat

Jul. 6, 2021 at 8:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The “heat dome” which enveloped Western Canada last week delivered a blow to Saskatchewan’s pulse crops. Thirty-four temperature records were shattered on Friday, including those at Regina, Prince Albert, Swift Current, Weyburn and Yorkton. Saskatoon and Lucky Lake, northeast of Swift Current, were the province’s hot spots that […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn limit down as crop weather improves

Jul. 6, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures sank by the daily limit on Tuesday as forecasts for cooler, wetter U.S. weather eased concerns about unfavourable crop conditions. Prices pulled back after climbing 12 per cent last week on lower-than-anticipated U.S. plantings estimates from the Department of Agriculture. […]

By Tom Polansek