Insights and Stories on Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s crops in ‘better situation’ than last year

Jul. 19, 2022 at 3:22 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite varied amounts of rainfall across the southern half of Manitoba over the past few weeks, pulses are faring quite well according to the province’s pulse specialist. Dennis Lange, who’s based at Altona, said while peas in fields with excessive moisture are struggling, those grown in adequate moisture […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat up on broad commodity strength

Jul. 18, 2022 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures up on hot spell, firm meat prices

Jul. 18, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures rise

Jul. 13, 2022 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Drought conditions remain in Alberta, Saskatchewan

Jul. 12, 2022 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on weather worries

Jul. 11, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures climbed on Monday on forecasts for hot, dry conditions across the Midwest farm belt as well as technical buying and positioning ahead of Tuesday’s monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply-and-demand reports. The market eased from overnight highs, however, as updated […]

By Karl Plume

Wet weather affecting acreage numbers: analysts

Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – With some parts of Western Canada experiencing delayed seeding due to wet weather, many analysts believe the conditions have caused a ripple effect on acreage totals for the 2022-23 marketing year. Statistics Canada (StatCan) will release its second survey-based acreage report for the 2022-23 marketing year on July […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: SaskPulse head hoping for “normal” in 2022

Jun. 28, 2022 at 2:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Following variable conditions over the first few weeks of the growing season, there has now been a marked improvement over the last, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SaskPulse). Potts said while western parts of the province had little precipitation and eastern parts saw […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Saskatchewan shores up disaster program for bigger farms

Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:29 am CDT

Saskatchewan farmers whose operations took damage from storms in April, but whose gross revenues overtopped the maximum for disaster assistance, will now be able to get in on that program. The province on June 16 announced “supplemental relief” via the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program to help farmers who didn’t qualify […]

By Dave Bedard

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils faring well but threats remain

Jun. 21, 2022 at 8:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Growing conditions for peas and lentils in Saskatchewan during the spring can be described as variable. While western parts of the province continued to endure dry conditions carried over from last year’s drought, regions in the east were drenched with near-continuous rainfall to go along with below-normal temperatures. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

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