Insights and Stories on Weather

U.S. grains: Corn firm ahead of USDA report, frosty weather

Oct. 7, 2019 at 8:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on Monday on position-squaring ahead of a key monthly U.S. government crop report later this week and worries about forecasts for a freeze looming for the northwestern Corn Belt, traders said. Soybeans and wheat closed lower after a choppy session. Chicago […]

Snow, cold grind Alberta harvest to virtual standstill

Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:27 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed weekly outlook: Snowfall boosts spot barley bids

Oct. 3, 2019 at 4:59 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Upside limited for canola’s snow boost

Oct. 2, 2019 at 6:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

University’s ‘Beefier Barley’ billboard binned

Oct. 1, 2019 at 8:30 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Late Canadian mustard crop facing quality downgrades

Oct. 1, 2019 at 7:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An early blast of snow and cold across the Prairies has delayed harvest operations for a mustard crop already running behind normal, with quality downgrades expected for any mustard still in the field. “It has to be absolutely flattened,” said mustard buyer Walter Dyck of Olds Products at […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Alberta snow further delays canola harvest, boosts prices

Sep. 30, 2019 at 3:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola futures finished up at Monday’s close, boosted by a weather premium after a low-pressure system brought considerable snowfall to parts of Alberta over the weekend. Snow was mostly concentrated in the southern region of the province. Calgary and surrounding areas received around 30 centimetres of snow, according […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Chemical firm sees strong demand for methane-reducing feed additive

Sep. 30, 2019 at 1:46 pm CDT

Amsterdam | Reuters — Dutch specialty chemicals company DSM is expecting strong demand for a feed additive which limits the amount of methane burped into the air by cows, its contribution to the global fight against climate change. Methane has a much larger effect on global warming than carbon dioxide […]

By Bart H. Meijer

Storms leave close to 1,000 hail claims on Prairies

Sep. 27, 2019 at 8:18 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There were almost 1,000 claims for hail damage across the Prairies following a series of storms Sept. 15-20, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA). The CCHA said the most destructive of the storms during that week came on Sept. 17. “There is significant damage from this […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Snow to stall harvests for western Prairies, Montana

Sep. 27, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A weekend storm is poised to bring more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow to parts of Montana and the Canadian Prairies, putting portions of the region’s spring wheat and canola crops at risk, a meteorologist said. Excessively wet conditions in the region this month […]

By Julie Ingwersen