Insights and Stories on Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets at mercy of weather

Mar. 27, 2019 at 4:01 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Traders are bracing for more inclement weather to hit the U.S. Midwest, which in turn could rock commodities. Springtime floods and adverse weather have impacted the majority of the U.S. Plains and Midwest, and those regions expect another snow system before the end of March. Flooding may delay […]

Feed weekly outlook: Markets steady amid cold Alberta weather

Feb. 14, 2019 at 5:29 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. shutdown sends grain traders, farmers hunting for data

Jan. 11, 2019 at 3:14 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Rangebound soy, corn look for fresh news

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:33 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Fair weather welcome for harvest wrap-up in Sask.

Nov. 8, 2018 at 11:33 am CST

By MarketsFarm Team

El Nino developing as Western Canada recovers from drought

Nov. 5, 2018 at 10:11 am CST

CNS Canada – Despite above normal precipitation over the last couple of months, when comes to the drought, the Prairies are not out of the woods as winter approaches. We are headed into an El Nino, at least according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the National Oceanic and […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Alberta harvest nearing completion

Nov. 2, 2018 at 3:00 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Alberta farmers made significant harvest progress in late-October, with nearly 95 per cent of crops off the field as of Oct. 30, according to the final crop report of the season from Alberta Agriculture. On a crop-by-crop basis, spring wheat was 96.1 per cent harvested, durum 95.4 […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Weather weighed on 2018 Manitoba crop year

Oct. 30, 2018 at 2:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Conditions were variable across Manitoba throughout the 2018 growing season, according to the provincial crop report released Oct. 29. As of Oct. 29, provincially 97 per cent of the total crop was harvested. Crops completely finished include winter wheat, fall rye, field pea and dry bean. The […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Canadian farmers race to reap wheat while sun shines, but damage done

Oct. 24, 2018 at 12:06 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters – Sunny skies may allow Canadian farmers to swiftly make up for harvest delays this week, wrapping up a nightmarish season for some. But while the harvest is finally on its way in the third-biggest wheat-exporting country, weather troubles look to dent farm incomes due to quality […]

By Rod Nickel

Ready, set go! Harvest reprieve hits Prairies

Oct. 17, 2018 at 6:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Prairie farmers struggling to get crops off fields under wet, cold conditions are about to get a reprieve — if they haven’t seen warmer weather already in their area. Natalie Hasell, a weather preparedness meteorologist for Environment Canada in Winnipeg, said most regions of British Columbia, Alberta, […]

By Terry Fries

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