Insights and Stories on Weather

U.S. grains: Soy extends rally as China keeps buying

Sep. 9, 2020 at 5:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed on Wednesday to their highest in more than two years and recorded a 12th straight daily advance on continued export demand from China, coupled with worries about crop-killing frost in parts of the Midwest, analysts said. Wheat futures ended narrowly mixed while […]

More than 40 crew missing after cattle ship capsizes in storm off Japan

Sep. 2, 2020 at 8:12 pm CDT

By Junko Fujita Praveen Menon

U.S. grains: Soybeans touch two-year high on dry weather

Aug. 31, 2020 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets prepare for Laura

Aug. 26, 2020 at 2:10 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Manitoba winter wheat, fall rye seeding deadlines extended

Aug. 26, 2020 at 1:51 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Corn gains as Iowa yields falter on storm damage

Aug. 21, 2020 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn rose on Friday after a U.S. Midwest crop tour found storm damage across top corn-growing state Iowa. Meanwhile, soybeans ended lower as tropical storms in the U.S. Gulf offered hope for much-needed rain in parts of the Midwest, offsetting strong export demand. And wheat […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as harvest, export prospects weighed

Aug. 20, 2020 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans slipped on Thursday after a seven-month peak a day earlier, while corn eased as traders set recent storm damage against generally strong prospects for harvest yields. Wheat ended higher as traders digested competing signals for global supply. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Storage grain bin silos in a field of matured corn crop in harvest time.

Minnesota fields thrive, Iowa storm damage continues on crop tour

Aug. 20, 2020 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Scouts on an annual U.S. Midwest crop tour continued to see fields battered by an Aug. 10 derecho storm in central Iowa on Thursday, with corn stalks snapped and ears littering the ground due to the hurricane-like winds. In Iowa, crop prospects swung wildly from field […]

By Julie Ingwersen P.J. Huffstutter

Alberta’s AFSC to refund hail premiums on drowned crops

Aug. 20, 2020 at 2:34 am CDT

Grain growers in Alberta’s Peace, northeastern and northwestern farming regions whose waterlogged crops are deemed “non-viable” can now file for full refunds on AFSC hail insurance premiums. AFSC, the province’s Agriculture Financial Services Corporation, announced Wednesday it will accept such applications from eligible growers from now until Sept. 11. Applications […]

By Dave Bedard

CBOT weekly outlook: Rain needed across U.S. Midwest

Aug. 19, 2020 at 8:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Dry conditions across the U.S. Midwest were among the factors that could affect commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) if rain doesn’t come soon, according to Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill. Dry conditions in the region could lead to price increases for […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm