Insights and Stories on Weather

Average Prairie heat, more rain in summer forecast

Feb. 16, 2020 at 12:39 am CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s Prairies should see higher-than-normal precipitation and generally average temperatures during the 2020 growing season, according to a forecast from Scott Kehler of Weatherlogics. Speaking Thursday at CropConnect in Winnipeg, Kehler said “there’s not really a strong pattern one way or the other” when it comes to the […]

Pulse weekly outlook: India aims to boost production

Feb. 11, 2020 at 7:33 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Drones to be tested against Africa’s locust swarms

Feb. 11, 2020 at 11:22 am CST

By Nita Bhalla

Manitoba reviewing underused forage insurance plans

Feb. 9, 2020 at 5:37 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Carbon tax an eight per cent hit on net income, APAS says

Feb. 6, 2020 at 6:25 am CST

By GFM Staff

Unharvested crops skew StatsCan stocks data

Feb. 5, 2020 at 2:39 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola stocks were slightly tighter at the end of the 2019 calendar year compared to the previous year, according to updated Statistics Canada data. However, adverse harvest conditions left a large amount of the crop unaccounted for in the survey, which skews the overall supply/demand outlook. “Because […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ford says emissions certification process under federal probe

Feb. 5, 2020 at 2:06 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday Canadian officials have opened a preliminary investigation into the automaker’s emissions certification process. Ford said in its annual report Environment and Climate Change Canada has opened a probe into the matter after the automaker disclosed early last year that the U.S. […]

By David Shepardson

U.S. winter wheat conditions mostly fair to good

Feb. 3, 2020 at 6:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The condition of the bulk of the U.S. winter wheat crop, taken from data provided by 17 reporting states, was at 29 per cent fair and 48.1 per cent good at the end of January. The rest of those states’ crops stood at 4.2 very poor, 12.1 poor […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Favourable growing conditions forecast for major ag regions

Jan. 23, 2020 at 4:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian producers looking for challenging growing conditions elsewhere in the world to prop up commodity prices may be disappointed during the 2020 growing season. South America “If you’re looking for any help from South America for your canola or soybeans or corn, you’d better look somewhere else,” Drew […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought

Jan. 23, 2020 at 2:23 pm CST

Harare | Reuters — Zimbabwe has only 100,000 tonnes of grain in its strategic reserves, enough to last just over a month, as the southern African nation suffers the effects of a severe drought, according to the agriculture minister. More than half the country’s population faces food shortages after maize […]

By Reuters