Insights and Stories on Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat slides on U.S. weather, reduced fears over Ukraine

Jan. 31, 2022 at 5:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than three per cent on Monday to their lowest in nearly two weeks on forecasts of welcome moisture in the U.S. Plains wheat belt and waning fears of imminent conflict between Russia and Ukraine, traders said. Corn futures followed wheat down, […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on weather concerns

Jan. 28, 2022 at 6:47 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Prices up on hot weather, growing tensions

Jan. 19, 2022 at 6:00 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rally to highest since December

Jan. 19, 2022 at 5:40 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy eases on outlook for rain on South American crops

Jan. 14, 2022 at 7:33 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on South America weather forecasts

Jan. 13, 2022 at 6:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures tumbled on Thursday on expectations that rains forecast for dry crop-growing areas of South America may limit harvest losses, traders said. Weather forecasts show parched areas of Argentina, the world’s top exporter of processed soy and No. 2 producer of corn, […]

By Tom Polansek

Last year was world’s sixth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say

Jan. 13, 2022 at 3:58 pm CST

Reuters — Last year ranked as the sixth-warmest year on record, causing extreme weather events around the world and adding to evidence supporting the globe’s long-term warming, according to an analysis on Thursday by two U.S. government agencies. The data compiled by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) […]

By Reuters

La Niña likely to continue into spring, U.S. forecaster says

Jan. 13, 2022 at 3:43 pm CST

Reuters — La Nina conditions are likely to continue during the Northern Hemisphere spring, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The La Niña weather pattern, characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, has a 67 per cent chance of persisting from March through May this […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn sag on South American weather outlooks

Jan. 10, 2022 at 4:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Monday on forecasts calling for much-needed rains in dry areas of South America, along with long liquidation ahead of several key U.S. government reports due at mid-week, analysts said. Wheat futures firmed on short-covering and the unwinding of inter-market […]

By Julie Ingwersen

La Niña introduces itself with Prairie cold snap

Jan. 7, 2022 at 9:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The frigid conditions which had enveloped the Prairie provinces in recent weeks is a sign La Niña has come again, according to a Kansas-based meteorologist. Since mid-December, the Prairies have been in a deep freeze beginning with temperatures at least 10 C below-normal. Since the holiday season, many […]