Insights and Stories on Weather

U.S. forecaster sees 65 per cent chance of no spring El Nino, La Nina

Mar. 12, 2020 at 1:44 pm CDT

Reuters — There is about a 65 per cent chance that neutral weather conditions will prevail in the Northern Hemisphere this spring with no El Niño or La Niña, up from 60 per cent last month, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation-neutral (ENSO) weather […]

Feed weekly outlook: Rally likely to end soon

Jan. 30, 2020 at 5:32 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Favourable growing conditions forecast for major ag regions

Jan. 23, 2020 at 4:47 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Variable Prairie weather makes for uncertain spring ahead

Jan. 22, 2020 at 6:00 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Poor weather continues to hamper Alberta harvest

Nov. 1, 2019 at 2:10 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Saskatchewan harvest progresses under adverse conditions: report

Oct. 31, 2019 at 12:35 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Saskatchewan farmers continued to plug away at the harvest over the past week, with 90 per cent of the crop in the bin as of Oct. 28, according to the latest provincial report. That was up seven points from the previous week, but still behind the five-year average […]

By MarketsFarm Team

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bids return to being range-bound

Oct. 31, 2019 at 9:13 am CDT

MarketsFarm – Until the New Year expect canola bids to remain range-bound much like it was during the summer, according to one Winnipeg-based analyst. “Canola going C$10 lower isn’t out of the question,” commented David Derwin, commodity portfolio manager with PI Financial. Below normal temperatures on the Prairies coupled with […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. diesel prices hit three-year low as harvest delays feared

Oct. 10, 2019 at 4:08 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Diesel prices in the U.S. Midwest have sunk to a three-year seasonal low as farmers in the region face adverse weather conditions, further complicating an already delayed harvest season, traders and farmers said. Diesel demand typically rises during harvest season because farming equipment and trucks […]

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on trade optimism, Midwest weather

Oct. 9, 2019 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to their highest level in nearly three months on Wednesday before paring gains, supported by optimism about increased Chinese purchases and fears that a winter storm in the upper U.S. Midwest could threaten late-maturing crops. Corn closed modestly lower and wheat was […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn firm ahead of USDA report, frosty weather

Oct. 7, 2019 at 8:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on Monday on position-squaring ahead of a key monthly U.S. government crop report later this week and worries about forecasts for a freeze looming for the northwestern Corn Belt, traders said. Soybeans and wheat closed lower after a choppy session. Chicago […]