Insights and Stories on Weather

Canola, wheat acres in opposite trends before StatsCan report

Jun. 25, 2021 at 6:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Just days prior to Statistics Canada issuing its latest survey-based crop acreage report on Tuesday next week, analysts are estimating a rise in canola acres at the expense of wheat. “Coming through the winter and towards spring seeding, we were looking at canola prices that were at their […]

U.S. grains: Court ruling, rains pressure corn, soy

Jun. 25, 2021 at 5:51 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: New-crop prices to rise

Jun. 24, 2021 at 8:35 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after rain

Jun. 24, 2021 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, carryout support canola

Jun. 23, 2021 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Plains weather concerns

Jun. 23, 2021 at 7:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday, led by gains in MGEX spring wheat contracts that firmed on concerns that dry conditions in key growing areas of the northern U.S. Plains and Canada could limit the size of the harvests. Soybean futures were lower as improving crop […]

By Mark Weinraub

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba dry beans in good shape

Jun. 22, 2021 at 7:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite temperatures ranging from near-freezing lows to sweltering highs and receiving little precipitation, Manitoba’s dry edible bean crop has weathered the conditions well, according to the province’s pulse specialist. “We’ve had some interesting weather over the last week to two weeks,” Dennis Lange, pulse specialist for Manitoba Agriculture […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn, soy fall as Midwest rains seen boosting crop health

Jun. 22, 2021 at 7:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Forecasts for rain in the U.S. Midwest pushed corn and soybean futures lower on Tuesday, traders said. New-crop December corn, which tracks the crop that farmers will harvest in the fall, notched the biggest decline. The contract sagged 3.2 per cent as the storms are expected […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on long-term forecast, China demand

Jun. 21, 2021 at 3:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures advanced on Monday on renewed buying by China and as concerns lingered about dry conditions in western portions of the Midwest farm belt despite scattered storms over the weekend. Corn futures were mostly lower as rain in the central corn belt boosted crop […]

By Karl Plume

Flea beetles a nuisance for canola crop

Jun. 18, 2021 at 8:20 pm CDT

[UPDATED: June 22, 2021] MarketsFarm — Western Canada’s canola crop has been hit hard by hot, dry weather so far this growing season in the midst of ongoing drought conditions — which may also be aiding another threat. *Across the Prairies, flea beetles are an oft-seen pest that feeds on […]

By Adam Peleshaty