Insights and Stories on Heat Wave

U.S. grains: Soybeans advance on hot, dry forecast

Aug. 17, 2023 at 4:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures approached a two-week high on Thursday on concerns that hot, dry weather in forecasts could reduce the upcoming U.S. harvest. The U.S. has little room for crop losses due to unfavourable weather because the government already projects tight soybean supplies, […]

How El Niño threatens emerging market economies

Aug. 4, 2023 at 10:32 am CDT

By Jorgelina do Rosario Libby George

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures ease on improving weather

Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:08 am CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Sizzling heat stresses livestock, crops in southern U.S. Plains

Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Ashitha Shivaprasad Julie Ingwersen

Heat, humidity kill at least 2,000 Kansas cattle, state says

Jun. 15, 2022 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Heat wave threatens India’s wheat output, export plans

May. 2, 2022 at 10:32 pm CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s wheat output looks likely to fall in 2022 after five consecutive years of record harvests, as a sharp, sudden rise in temperatures in mid-March cut crop yields in the world’s second-biggest producer of the grain. The drop could curb Indian exports of the staple. […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj Neha Arora

Prolonged heat wave breaks Canadian temperature records

Jun. 28, 2021 at 9:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An extreme heat wave affecting all four western provinces, the shores of the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories as well as Watson Lake, Yukon, is expected to persist for a week. The “heat dome,” a high-pressure system trapping warmer air, has affected British Columbia the most. The […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Midwest forecast supports gains in soy, corn

Jun. 8, 2021 at 7:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Tuesday after a government report showed that the condition of crops was worse than expected as a heat wave hit the U.S. Midwest. “Yesterday’s Crop Progress report provided plenty of fodder for the bulls,” Matt Zeller, director of market […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain as market wrestles with export, crop prospects

Jul. 19, 2019 at 5:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures settled up on Friday as investors weighed trade talks between the United States and China and expected cooler U.S. weather against uncertainty over acreage levels following a rain-soaked spring. Some analysts said there may be some technical buying pushing up futures, […]

By Barbara Smith

U.S. grains: Corn tops three-week high on heat wave

Jul. 12, 2019 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures exceeded a three-week high on Friday and soybeans advanced as forecasts for a heat wave fuelled concerns about potential damage to crops growing in farmers’ fields. Traders focused on worries about hot, dry conditions after heavy rains and flooding caused unprecedented delays in […]