Insights and Stories on Hurricane

FCC to offer flexibility in hurricane-battered areas

Sep. 9, 2019 at 8:49 pm CDT

Farm Credit Canada says it plans to help its farmer clients in Atlantic Canada work around financial pressures following Hurricane Dorian’s passage through the region over the weekend. “We won’t know the full extent of damage for some time, but we’ve already heard that some customers will likely be facing […]

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

Sep. 18, 2018 at 4:19 am CDT

By Lisa Baertlein Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers rush to clear crops but animals stay in Florence’s path

Sep. 11, 2018 at 4:38 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Diesel prices poised to rise in new year

Nov. 28, 2017 at 3:00 pm CST

By Dave Sims

From sugar mills to hog farms, U.S. agriculture braces for Irma

Sep. 7, 2017 at 11:46 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Renita D. Young

Harvey’s rains sending fuel prices higher

Aug. 28, 2017 at 7:08 pm CDT

Houston | Reuters — U.S. fuel prices surged on Monday as two more Gulf Coast refiners cut output and a third considered reductions, leaving more than 13 per cent of the country’s refining capacity offline after Tropical Storm Harvey flooded plants and shut seaports. The storm swung back over the […]

By Erwin Seba

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans eye Tropical Storm Harvey

Aug. 23, 2017 at 5:58 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The potential for a storm in the Gulf of Mexico to bring rain to parts of the U.S. Midwest has caught the attention of the grain and oilseed markets. “If it turns farther north and hits some of the dry spots in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois that […]