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ICE weekly outlook: Canola stronger after Canada Day

Jul. 3, 2020 at 1:49 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts have made small gains this week after pausing on Wednesday for Canada Day. As the July canola contract has expired, attention turns to new-crop contracts. Areas of the Prairies have received significant rain lately, with flood warnings and high water advisories across southwestern and western Manitoba […]

Burnett on Markets: Weather woes span the Prairies

Apr. 9, 2020 at 2:27 pm CDT

By Bruce Burnett

Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought

Jan. 23, 2020 at 2:23 pm CST

By Reuters

Variable Prairie weather makes for uncertain spring ahead

Jan. 22, 2020 at 6:00 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy futures ease on rains in South American forecasts

Dec. 19, 2019 at 4:41 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Millions of acres of canola freeze, compound ‘harvest from hell’

Nov. 15, 2019 at 7:13 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Heavy snow and rain during harvest on the Canadian Prairies have left several million acres of canola buried until spring, the latest blow in a miserable year that may compound farmer problems into 2020. Canola is renowned as Canada’s most profitable crop, exported to China, Japan […]

By Rod Nickel

Manitoba beef sector faces tight feed situation

Oct. 22, 2019 at 4:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An early snowstorm may have been the last straw for Manitoba livestock producers looking to put up feed ahead of winter. While the foot or more of heavy snow that blanketed much of the province over the Thanksgiving weekend has melted, saturated fields continue to limit corn silage […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Manitoba’s sunflower crop under threat from weather

Oct. 21, 2019 at 2:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Manitoba’s sunflower crop has been compromised by the snow that fell over Thanksgiving weekend, but it’s not yet clear what percentage of the crop will be impacted. Before the snow fell, windy and rainy weather took a toll on the sunflower crop. The soil was oversaturated to the […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Wet fall raises risk of Manitoba spring flood

Oct. 12, 2019 at 12:58 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Manitoba’s Red River Valley is very wet heading into the winter freeze, but it’s still too early to say if the saturated soils will lead to flooding in the spring, according to provincial forecasters. The Manitoba government on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of opening the Red River […]

By MarketsFarm Team

ICE weekly outlook: Upside limited for canola’s snow boost

Oct. 2, 2019 at 6:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An unwelcomed early winter storm sent ICE Futures canola contracts higher during the week ended Wednesday, but it will take outside support to sustain a rally, according to industry participants. Snow in Alberta and Saskatchewan and cool and wet conditions in Manitoba slowed harvest operations during the week, […]