Insights and Stories on Weather

Jun. 1, 2018 at 8:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Friday on technical selling including fund-driven long liquidation along with strong crop prospects amid mostly favourable weather in the U.S. Midwest, analysts said. Wheat futures also declined as the U.S. winter wheat harvest began while soybeans closed firm as traders awaited […]

By Julie Ingwersen

May. 25, 2018 at 11:14 am CDT

By Ashley Robinson OrganicBiz staff While organic farmers in Western Canada are praying for rain, their counterparts in Ontario are praying for the land to dry out. “It’s kind of been stop and go… when things get just close enough to being dry we get more moisture,” said Andrew St. […]

By OrganicBiz

May. 23, 2018 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures scaled to a 2-1/2-week high on Wednesday as signs of renewed Chinese demand for U.S. exports lifted prices for a fourth straight session. Corn reached a 9-1/2 month peak on concerns about planting and early crop development due to adverse weather, while wheat […]

By Karl Plume

Dec. 1, 2017 at 1:46 pm CST

I am a big fan of speakers at conferences that tell you about all the stuff that went wrong. I would rather learn from someone else’s mistakes than my own. I already have far too many “learning experience’s” here at Greener Pastures Ranching. Too many of the speakers explain how […]

By — Steve Kenyon

May. 3, 2017 at 3:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Bullish weather propped up Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures, spurring spec buying on the week — but it’s likely not enough to break the commodities’ ranges, one U.S. analyst says. “Lately here, of course it’s been weather with all the rain last week […]

By Jade Markus