Insights and Stories on Weather

B.C. presses for ranchers to register before wildfires hit

Jul. 3, 2021 at 5:22 am CDT

British Columbia’s provincial ag ministry hopes to shore up ranchers’ participation in the Premises Identification program against the risk of further wildfires this year. About two-thirds, or 5,200, of B.C.’s non-supply managed livestock producers, and all the supply-managed dairy cattle and poultry premises in the province, are registered in the […]

Western Canada lightning strikes up tenfold, stoking fires

Jul. 2, 2021 at 8:13 pm CDT

By Moira Warburton

Big ag goes headhunting for carbon offsets

Jul. 1, 2021 at 11:51 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall

Jul. 1, 2021 at 7:39 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility to come for canola market

Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Prolonged heat wave breaks Canadian temperature records

Jun. 28, 2021 at 9:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An extreme heat wave affecting all four western provinces, the shores of the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories as well as Watson Lake, Yukon, is expected to persist for a week. The “heat dome,” a high-pressure system trapping warmer air, has affected British Columbia the most. The […]

By Adam Peleshaty

EU countries approve deal to overhaul farming subsidies

Jun. 28, 2021 at 5:46 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European Union countries on Monday gave the green light to reforms of the bloc’s huge farming subsidy program, after a three-year battle over rules to make it greener and support smaller farms. Negotiators representing the EU’s 27 countries and European Parliament struck the deal on Friday […]

By Kate Abnett

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rally as hot forecasts trump rains

Jun. 28, 2021 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybeans and wheat rallied on Monday, with traders focused on forecasts for heat in the western U.S. Midwest that will quickly dry out soils in major production areas. “The forward forecasts have the heat that is presently over the Pacific Northwest […]

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Drought sends bids higher

Jun. 25, 2021 at 8:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Mounting drought concerns in the spring wheat-growing regions of Canada and the U.S. saw Prairie cash bids post solid gains during the week ended Thursday. Average CWRS (13.5 per cent) wheat prices were up by $18-$21 per tonne, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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 […]

By Adam Peleshaty