Insights and Stories on Rain

Panicked shoppers clear out flood-hit B.C.’s grocery stores

Nov. 18, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

Reuters — Shoppers in British Columbia have emptied grocery shelves following catastrophic flooding, although the shortages are as much down to panic buying as disrupted supply chains, industry associations said on Thursday. Even as flood waters start to recede, some parts of the province are expected to face to temporary […]

Small navy of farmers rescues cattle in flood-hit B.C.

Nov. 17, 2021 at 12:22 pm CST

By Jess Winter

Severe B.C. rainstorms spur landslides, shut roads

Nov. 15, 2021 at 8:51 pm CST

By David Ljunggren

Rains make sunny days for sunflower crops

Oct. 21, 2021 at 2:59 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Prices down on rains, Ida shuts grain facilities

Aug. 30, 2021 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease as Midwest’s rains seen boosting crop

Aug. 27, 2021 at 3:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a second straight session on Friday as rains were seen boosting harvest prospects in some dry areas of the Midwest farm belt. Wheat futures fell on profit-taking and spillover pressure from lower soybeans, although concerns about global supplies limited declines. Corn […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy fall as Midwest rains benefit crops

Aug. 26, 2021 at 4:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures ended lower on Thursday, as beneficial rainfall across the U.S. Midwest added pressure to soybean markets, while export sales capped losses. Wheat found technical support, underpinned by tight global supply concerns. Chicago Board of Trade most-active corn fell one cent to […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide on macroeconomic fears, biofuel worries

Aug. 20, 2021 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest in nearly two months on Friday and corn set a near one-month low on macroeconomic concerns along with beneficial rains in the western Midwest and Plains, analysts said. Soyoil futures fell more than five per cent on reports that […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on broad commodities weakness

Aug. 19, 2021 at 5:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell about 2.5 per cent on Thursday, following broad declines in commodities including crude oil and metals tied to fears about slowing global growth, analysts said. Pressure also stemmed from forecasts for rains in northwestern portions of the Midwest that could […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Prices could turn higher by month’s end

Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — By the end of July, markets should have a good idea of what will shake out for corn and soybean crops in the U.S., according to Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill. Corn and the soy complex on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), as well […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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