Insights and Stories on Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink after Midwest rains

May. 24, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Monday as rains boosted recently planted crops across the U.S. Midwest and as traders weighed future export demand following a flurry of corn purchases by China last week. Wheat futures also fell, sinking to the lowest level in more than a […]

Dry weather may cut into Canadian crop prospects, AAFC says

May. 21, 2021 at 9:25 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-month low, soybeans three-week low

May. 21, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie growers on lookout as insects seize opportunity

May. 20, 2021 at 1:23 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Federal reprieve for imidacloprid cuts its application rates

May. 19, 2021 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Forecast, flea beetles complicate canola timing

May. 14, 2021 at 7:20 pm CDT

Drought conditions, and the odds of more to come, have some Prairie canola growers pondering when to roll the dice on seeding, if they want to do more than feed the flea beetles. Small-seeded crops, such as canola, have garnered particular concern from agronomists and producers worried about germination, given […]

By Alexis Stockford

La Nina done, U.S. CPC says

May. 13, 2021 at 3:32 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday La Nina has ended and El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer. “ENSO neutral” refers to periods in which neither El Nino nor La Nina is present, often coinciding with the transition […]

By Reuters

‘Extreme drought’ expands in Prairies

May. 10, 2021 at 5:41 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The newly released map from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Canadian Drought Monitor (CDM) shows the Prairies’ ongoing drought getting worse. According to AAFC’s nationwide map released on Friday, southwestern Manitoba, parts of southern Saskatchewan and the southeast corner of Alberta are under CDM’s classification of Extreme (D3) drought […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Federal NDP introduces soil health bill

Apr. 30, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

The federal New Democrats propose to set up a plan they say could help build up Canadian agriculture from the ground down. The NDP’s agriculture critic, British Columbia MP Alistair MacGregor, on Monday introduced a private member’s bill in the Commons to create a national soil health strategy for Canada. […]

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. grains: Corn mixed on continued liquidation, tight supply

Apr. 29, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures ended mixed on Thursday as traders took profits following a strong run-up in the market, while global supply concerns offered support. Soybeans slipped as soyoil stepped back from recent highs, while wheat ticked higher as dryness expands across the U.S. Great Plains. The […]

By Christopher Walljasper