Insights and Stories on Storm

Cold, snowy start seen to Prairies’ winter

Nov. 7, 2022 at 8:32 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Although the official calendar start to winter isn’t until Dec. 21, conditions on the Canadian Prairies are now winter-like, according to Weatherlogics chief scientist Scott Kehler. “For the month of November, it looks like we’re off to a cold start for most of the Prairies. The western Prairies… […]

Some B.C. milk runs resume as roads reopen

Nov. 23, 2021 at 7:20 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Storms forecast for Plains drive wheat to one-month low

Mar. 12, 2021 at 4:22 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on profit-taking after USDA data

Mar. 10, 2021 at 5:21 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn gains as Iowa yields falter on storm damage

Aug. 21, 2020 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Storage grain bin silos in a field of matured corn crop in harvest time.

Minnesota fields thrive, Iowa storm damage continues on crop tour

Aug. 20, 2020 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Scouts on an annual U.S. Midwest crop tour continued to see fields battered by an Aug. 10 derecho storm in central Iowa on Thursday, with corn stalks snapped and ears littering the ground due to the hurricane-like winds. In Iowa, crop prospects swung wildly from field […]

By Julie Ingwersen P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Rain needed across U.S. Midwest

Aug. 19, 2020 at 8:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Dry conditions across the U.S. Midwest were among the factors that could affect commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) if rain doesn’t come soon, according to Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill. Dry conditions in the region could lead to price increases for […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Storm and drought impacts on Iowa corn seen in crop tour

Aug. 19, 2020 at 6:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A clearer picture of damage to crops in the path of last week’s derecho storm emerged on Wednesday, as crop scouts on an annual tour scrambled across blown-over corn stalks and wind-battered soybean fields in Illinois and Iowa. Iowa officials on Tuesday warned much of the […]

By Mark Weinraub P.J. Huffstutter

Trump visits Iowa as officials warn storm destroyed corn crops

Aug. 18, 2020 at 7:28 pm CDT

Cedar Rapids | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers and state officials from Iowa said on Tuesday that much of the state’s corn crop will not be harvested following a fierce windstorm last week, as President Donald Trump visited to review the damage. The destruction from the Aug. 10 derecho storm compounded […]

By Andrea Shalal

U.S. grains: Soybeans near seven-month high as dryness threatens crop

Aug. 17, 2020 at 6:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rallied on Monday to a nearly seven-month high on reports of dry weather in the United States, while corn futures hit their highest in a month on fresh concerns over damage from a storm in Iowa a week ago. August has been one […]