Insights and Stories on Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: No worries about delayed planting in Manitoba

Apr. 19, 2022 at 4:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite an influx of snow across southern Manitoba, with more precipitation in the forecast for this week, a provincial pulse specialist isn’t too concerned about the potential for late planting of pulse crops. “The moisture is welcome, but it’s not the weather we would like to see at […]

Brazil’s changing conditions threaten corn crop

Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Drought severity easing across much of Prairies, AAFC reports

Apr. 8, 2022 at 7:37 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Food, farming, forestry must be transformed to curb global warming, UN says

Apr. 6, 2022 at 1:53 am CDT

By Leah Douglas

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan growers wait for rain

Apr. 5, 2022 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.N. to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather

Mar. 23, 2022 at 8:43 pm CDT

London | Reuters –– With climate change fueling dangerous weather worldwide, the United Nations is pledging that early-warning weather monitoring will cover everyone on the planet in five years. “Half of humanity is already in the danger zone,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier this week. And yet, “one-third of […]

By Gloria Dickie

CBOT weekly outlook: Grain markets rangebound

Mar. 23, 2022 at 2:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With very little in terms of major new developments from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Tuesday were devoid of the volatility seen in previous weeks. The May corn contract traded at each side of the […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Spring road bans coming into effect across Prairies

Mar. 15, 2022 at 12:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Warming temperatures and melting snow across Western Canada may cause some disruptions to grain and livestock movement over the next few weeks as seasonal spring road restrictions come into effect across the Prairies. Annual spring road restrictions set axle weight limits for vehicles moving on certain roads, in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saskatchewan pushes crop insurance deadline to mid-April

Mar. 14, 2022 at 8:27 pm CDT

Saskatchewan farmers will get an extra couple of weeks to apply for, cancel, reinstate or change their crop insurance contracts for 2022, due to holdups in the delivery of their application packages. That deadline, originally March 31, has now been extended to April 14, provincial Ag Minister David Marit and […]

By Dave Bedard

Most of Prairies still very dry, but recovery possible

Mar. 11, 2022 at 7:08 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Despite the Prairies receiving above-normal amounts of precipitation during February, the great majority of the region remained highly vulnerable to more dryness going into spring, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. The monitor’s latest report showed those areas of the Prairies tackling extreme drought to have retracted somewhat. […]