Insights and Stories on Weather

Manitoba crops progressing quickly in hot and humid weather

Jul. 24, 2019 at 9:45 am CDT

MarketsFarm – Dry areas of Manitoba received much needed rain during the week ended July 22, with the majority of the province’s agricultural land now reporting optimal soil moisture conditions, according to the latest weekly report from Manitoba Agriculture. Warm and humid conditions helped with crop development in most areas […]

Indonesia plans cloud seeding effort to avoid crop failure

Jul. 22, 2019 at 12:07 pm CDT

By Bernadette Christina

Major grain traders face one-two punch from U.S. floods, trade war

Jul. 10, 2019 at 9:35 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy higher after choppy day amid hot forecasts

Jul. 8, 2019 at 7:24 pm CDT

By Barbara Smith

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease on warmer weather

Jul. 1, 2019 at 7:59 pm CDT

By Barbara Smith

U.S. grains: Improving weather view weighs on wheat

Apr. 2, 2019 at 7:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — MGEX spring wheat futures plunged two per cent on Tuesday to their lowest levels since July 2018 on easing concerns about the weather in key U.S. growing areas and weakening cash prices, traders said. K.C. hard red winter wheat futures also were weak, with a better-than-expected […]

By Mark Weinraub

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 […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Markets steady amid cold Alberta weather

Feb. 14, 2019 at 5:29 pm CST

Excessively cold temperatures in Alberta may be causing headaches for both feed grain buyers and sellers, but prices remain relatively steady for what’s moving. The cold weather hasn’t really led to a significant increase in demand, but “it’s definitely made the farmer grumpy,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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

Jan. 11, 2019 at 3:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — When the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a slew of key farm reports would not be released on Friday due to the partial government shutdown, the phones at crop forecaster Gro Intelligence blew up. The USDA was set to release its views on the projected size […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

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

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:33 pm CST

CNS Canada — With Midwestern harvest operations nearing completion for the year, rangebound U.S. grain and oilseed markets are looking for fresh news to provide direction. Soybean, corn and wheat futures all remain stuck in relatively sideways trading patterns and “the only thing that will change that is an adverse […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin