Insights and Stories on Drought

Last year tied as world’s fifth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say

Jan. 12, 2023 at 4:10 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — Last year was the world’s joint fifth-warmest on record and the last nine years were the nine warmest since pre-industrial times, putting the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5 C in serious jeopardy, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. Last year tied with […]

All is calm, but could be brighter in organic markets

Jan. 1, 2023 at 2:59 pm CST

By OrganicBiz

U.S. grains: Soybeans end higher with South America in focus

Dec. 20, 2022 at 4:50 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Rains in drought-hit Argentina pressure CBOT futures

Dec. 19, 2022 at 5:02 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices pull back

Dec. 15, 2022 at 3:52 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: South America’s dry weather affecting soy complex

Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:38 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report last week is taking a back seat to drought concerns in South America, according to a Chicago grains analyst. Terry Reilly from Futures International said Friday’s WASDE report had very little effect on the Chicago […]

By Adam Peleshaty

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

Dec. 13, 2022 at 6:27 pm CST

Los Angeles | Reuters — A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time. Dubbed SWOT, short for Surface Water and Ocean […]

By Steve Gorman

Environment Canada sees ‘average’ Prairie winter ahead

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:44 pm CST

MarketsFarm — An ‘average’ winter is in the forecast for most of the Canadian Prairies, according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast for December through February from Environment Canada, released Wednesday. The government department is calling for normal temperatures across all the agricultural areas of the three Prairie provinces — […]

By MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Looming corn imports to keep lid on Prairie barley

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:36 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Large shipments of corn from the U.S., slated for delivery to Alberta’s feedlot alley, should keep domestic barley prices under pressure going forward, according to an analyst. “The barley price here will gradually decline,” said Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, adding that up to 30 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Opinions divided ahead of StatCan production report

Nov. 30, 2022 at 5:59 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the crop production report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) due out Friday, trade expectations are above and below what the federal agency estimated in September. In August, and in September, StatCan issued production reports based on a satellite model and without any input from farmers filling out […]