Insights and Stories on Drought

Pulse weekly outlook: Better growing conditions despite dryness, smoke

May. 24, 2023 at 11:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While dry conditions persist across the Prairies, the current situation for pulses is not as bad as during the two previous springs, according to Pulse Canada’s director of market access and trade policy. Mac Ross said dryness is largely evident across Western Canada and many crops are still […]

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

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Alberta ‘crossing fingers’ for rain amid wildfires

May. 8, 2023 at 9:08 pm CDT

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

Argentina soybeans go from ‘worse to worser,’ expert says

Mar. 14, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Extreme heat and drought throughout most of Argentina have taken a huge toll on that country’s soybean crop. Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor said the forthcoming soybean harvest is now likely to produce 25 million to 30 million tonnes, a far cry from the 40 […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canola crush of 2022 smallest in five years

Mar. 13, 2023 at 3:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported that 2022 had the smallest domestic canola crush for a calendar year since 2017. As well, 2022 marked the smallest canola oil production in five years and the least amount of canola meal produced in four years. The sharp reduction of canola being crushed […]

By MarketsFarm

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