Insights and Stories on Weather

Jul. 20, 2023 at 1:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm has released its first yield estimates for Western Canada’s crops and the outlook is grim. Analyst Bruce Burnett just recently completed a crop tour covering most of Saskatchewan. “Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of good news on the crop front,” he told growers attending the Ag in Motion […]

By Sean Pratt

Jul. 20, 2023 at 10:15 am CDT

In this video, face to face at the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show at Langham, Sask., Glacier FarmMedia senior editor Gord Gilmour and Bruce Burnett, MarketsFarm’s director of weather and markets, review Bruce’s trip west; the insurance-grade conditions of some crops along the way; and the variations that may […]

Jul. 19, 2023 at 8:31 pm CDT

It looks like the overall weather pattern is going to undergo another shift. After nearly two weeks of unseasonably cool and unsettled weather over the eastern half of the Prairies, with near-average conditions over the west, it looks like more typically summer weather will move back in. The massive area […]

By Daniel Bezte

Jul. 19, 2023 at 4:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Sporadic rainfall across the Prairies has not been enough to stop canola’s upward momentum during the week ended July 19, while a pair of other factors are fueling the oilseed’s rise.  The November canola contract went from settling below the C$800 per tonne mark (C$797.50/tonne) on July 12 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Jul. 19, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

The sun is shining, exhibitors are ready and the grounds are prepared for a traditionally-busy second day of the Ag in Motion show near Langham, Sask. Opening day saw the clouds roll in and the skies open up, but few were complaining about the much-needed moisture that rolled through much […]

By Alex McCuaig