Insights and Stories on Drought

Drought expands across Canadian Prairies

Jun. 12, 2023 at 8:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Warm and dry conditions across much of the Prairies in May caused drought conditions to worsen, especially in Alberta, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. As of May 31, an estimated 79 per cent of the Prairie region was classified as abnormally […]

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-month high on weather worries

May. 26, 2023 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Pulse weekly outlook: Better growing conditions despite dryness, smoke

May. 24, 2023 at 11:05 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Saskatchewan to top up some claims for wildlife-damaged forage

May. 17, 2023 at 8:18 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders, analysts anticipate WASDE report

May. 11, 2023 at 12:10 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Rain, drought highlight different growing areas

May. 8, 2023 at 9:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Depending on which region you’re in, you could be stuck in a severe drought or facing rains that will help alleviate that dryness or push back when fields should be dry enough to begin spring planting. That’s the assessment from Drew Lerner, president and senior agricultural meteorologist at […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Alberta ‘crossing fingers’ for rain amid wildfires

May. 8, 2023 at 9:08 pm CDT

Reuters — Firefighters were counting on rain and cooler weather forecast for Monday to help them quell a dramatic start to Alberta’s wildfire season. The province declared a state of emergency on Saturday in response to wildfires in northern and central regions that have displaced nearly 30,000 people and prompted […]

By Rod Nickel Sam Jabri-Pickett

Prairie soil moisture picture growing clearer

Apr. 17, 2023 at 8:24 pm CDT

It’s a variable soil moisture picture on the Prairies as seeding season draws nearer. The east has enough moisture — and in some cases too much. And it gets progressively drier toward the west, with portions of Alberta nearing critical condition, according to one weather watcher. Bruce Burnett, weather and […]

By Gord Gilmour

Vast tracts of drought-hit Argentine soy fields seen going unharvested

Apr. 13, 2023 at 7:08 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina’s Buenos Aires grains exchange on Thursday said farmers would likely leave large tracts of soy fields unharvested due to damage from a historic drought, which could lead to more cuts to its 25 million-tonne production forecast. Argentina is the world’s top exporter of soybean […]

By Reuters

U.S. forecaster sees 62 per cent chance of El Nino developing during May-July

Apr. 13, 2023 at 6:48 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. weather forecaster on Thursday predicted a 62 per cent chance of the El Niño phenomenon developing in the Northern Hemisphere during May-July, and a strong chance toward end-year, likely compounding risks to crops across the globe. “The coastal warming in the eastern Pacific may foreshadow changes […]

By Ashitha Shivaprasad

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