Insights and Stories on Rain

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on cool, wet forecast

Jul. 8, 2021 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures ended lower on Thursday, pressured by cool, rainy forecasts across the U.S. growing belt, though dryness in the upper Midwest continues to threaten developing crops. Corn eased as beneficial rains aided crops entering pollination, while wheat firmed as sparse moisture reached drought-hit spring […]

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta feed prices rising

Jul. 8, 2021 at 3:17 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops fight off record heat

Jul. 6, 2021 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn limit down as crop weather improves

Jul. 6, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Prices dip in Alberta, steady to higher elsewhere

Jul. 2, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Organic markets in full summer slowdown mode

Jul. 1, 2021 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia staff The summer doldrums have set in on the Canadian organic markets, with prices holding relatively steady and not much moving as sights settle in on the new crop. “It’s been relatively slow,” said Jason Charles of Minnesota-based Pipeline Foods, which also operates facilities in […]

By OrganicBiz

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rally as hot forecasts trump rains

Jun. 28, 2021 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybeans and wheat rallied on Monday, with traders focused on forecasts for heat in the western U.S. Midwest that will quickly dry out soils in major production areas. “The forward forecasts have the heat that is presently over the Pacific Northwest […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Court ruling, rains pressure corn, soy

Jun. 25, 2021 at 5:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Corn and soybean futures tumbled on Friday after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling bolstered a bid by small oil refineries seeking exemptions from laws requiring them to blend ethanol or other biofuels into their products, traders said. “Each time the markets start to stabilize, having priced […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after rain

Jun. 24, 2021 at 7:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn soybean futures fell on Thursday, pressured by rain in key growing areas of the U.S. Midwest this week, traders said. “I think it is probably confirmation of fairly widespread rain in areas that were in really dire straits,” said Chuck Shelby, […]

By Mark Weinraub

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba dry beans in good shape

Jun. 22, 2021 at 7:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite temperatures ranging from near-freezing lows to sweltering highs and receiving little precipitation, Manitoba’s dry edible bean crop has weathered the conditions well, according to the province’s pulse specialist. “We’ve had some interesting weather over the last week to two weeks,” Dennis Lange, pulse specialist for Manitoba Agriculture […]

By Adam Peleshaty