Insights and Stories on U.S. Midwest

Diverging weather between Prairies, Midwest

Jul. 3, 2024 at 3:51 pm CDT

Weather conditions across the Canadian Prairies and the United States Midwest will likely take somewhat different paths during the first half of July, according to Drew Lerner, president of World Weather Inc. in Overland Park, Kan.

Too many tractors: As boom times fade, farm equipment piles up

May. 9, 2024 at 1:38 pm CDT

By Bianca Flowers Renee Hickman Reuters

Tyson Foods to close Iowa pork plant with 1,200 workers

Mar. 11, 2024 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers face harsh economics with record corn supplies in silos

Feb. 22, 2024 at 9:27 am CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Study shows how U.S. farm landscapes could be reshaped by climate

Oct. 5, 2020 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Sonia Elks

New Year’s Day cold snap to hit U.S. winter wheat, rivers

Dec. 29, 2017 at 5:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — A New Year’s Day cold snap in the southern U.S. Plains poses a threat to winter wheat, particularly in Kansas, the country’s biggest producer of the grain, agricultural meteorologists said. Farmers in Kansas grow hard red winter (HRW) wheat, the largest U.S. wheat class that typically […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy futures weaken on improving weather

Oct. 17, 2017 at 4:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for the second day in a row on Tuesday, pressured by improving weather for harvest in the U.S. Midwest as well as rain forecasts that will boost early crop development in Brazil, traders said. “We are leaking lower,” said Brian Rydlund, a […]

By Mark Weinraub

Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week

Dec. 8, 2016 at 5:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the U.S. could see frigid weather next week similar to life-threatening lows the polar vortex brought to parts of the country in 2014. Anticipation of a freezing blast began […]

By Timothy McLaughlin

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy bearish, corn bullish ahead of tour results

Aug. 20, 2015 at 10:58 am CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean traders are eagerly awaiting the results of a multi-state crop tour, while concerns over Chinese demand are also overhanging the markets. The Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour’s full results are due to be released Friday. So far the tour […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on rainy U.S. Midwest outlook

Aug. 18, 2015 at 5:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.5 per cent on Tuesday, pressured by concerns about cooling demand from top importer China and forecasts for rain in the U.S. Midwest at a key point in the crop’s development. Corn firmed as a weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed […]

By Karl Plume

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