Insights and Stories on Forecast

Expect Prairie temperatures below normal until month’s end

Feb. 16, 2022 at 6:34 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The Prairie weather outlook for the rest of February is likely to remain below normal, according to Scott Kehler, chief scientist for Weatherlogics in Winnipeg. “[But] not as cold as it has been for most of the winter,” he added. Much of January and February have been highlighted […]

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

Russia’s agriculture ministry pauses grain harvesting data

Aug. 18, 2021 at 1:53 pm CDT

By Reuters

USDA expects record world wheat crop in 2021-22

May. 12, 2021 at 5:01 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Tight old-crop supplies keep soy, corn strong

Apr. 14, 2021 at 7:58 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Long-range forecast points to cool, wet spring for northern Prairies

Feb. 1, 2021 at 8:08 pm CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Prairies can expect far better harvest weather this fall

Sep. 18, 2020 at 6:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prairie farmers are likely going have good weather over the next few weeks, according to Scott Kehler of Weatherlogics. “We got a pretty significant warm-up across most of the Prairies through to the end of September. It should be fairly warm and not too much in the way […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Global grain production to increase, IGC predicts

Mar. 30, 2020 at 3:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The International Grains Council (IGC) issued projections Thursday calling for a slight increase in total global grain production for the current marketing year and for 2020-21. The U.K.-based council forecast world production at 2.175 billion tonnes, which would be an increase of three million tonnes from its February […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Chances of flooding in Manitoba depend on weather

Feb. 28, 2020 at 3:56 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Manitoba has issued its spring thaw forecast of 2020 — with high water levels coming for the Red River. That’s due to significant soil moisture levels left over from the fall and above-normal snow levels in the river’s U.S. watershed. “Our focus is currently on the Red River, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CN strike to weigh on railway’s 2019 profit

Dec. 3, 2019 at 5:00 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian National Railway on Tuesday cut its adjusted profit growth target for 2019, citing shipment delays from the country’s largest rail strike in a decade that ended last week. Shares in CN, which counts billionaire Bill Gates’ investment firm as its biggest shareholder, fell almost two per cent […]

By Reuters

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