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Argentina soybeans go from ‘worse to worser,’ expert says

Mar. 14, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Extreme heat and drought throughout most of Argentina have taken a huge toll on that country’s soybean crop. Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor said the forthcoming soybean harvest is now likely to produce 25 million to 30 million tonnes, a far cry from the 40 […]

Spring road bans loom across Prairies

Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:54 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

‘Normal’ spring ahead for most of the Prairies

Feb. 28, 2023 at 6:18 pm CST

By MarketsFarm

Nova Scotia to bridge Fiona funding gap for farmers

Feb. 24, 2023 at 9:10 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Prairies’ warmer spell to be usurped by arctic front

Jan. 24, 2023 at 2:03 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Storms to bring rain to parched Argentine fields next week, grains exchange says

Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:51 pm CST

Reuters — A storm front should bring moderate to abundant rainfall across most of Argentina’s key agricultural area over the next week, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said on Thursday, which could help farmers plant their fields after a historic drought. Lack of rainfall in Argentina, the world’s largest exporter […]

By Reuters

California rainstorms fade as death toll reaches 20

Jan. 17, 2023 at 2:44 am CST

Reuters — The parade of atmospheric rivers that pounded California for three weeks finally faded on Monday, enabling the state to begin lengthy repairs to roads and levees as the White House announced U.S. President Joe Biden planned to survey the damage. The nine consecutive rainstorms that inundated California in […]

By Daniel Trotta

California picks up debris from latest storm, braces for next

Jan. 13, 2023 at 3:53 am CST

Sacramento | Reuters — Rain-soaked Californians took advantage of a break in a weeks-long deluge to haul away dead trees, restore downed power lines and prepare new stacks of sandbags before another series of storms hits the state beginning Friday. In Monterey County along the state’s central coast, communities near […]

By Sharon Bernstein

Last year tied as world’s fifth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say

Jan. 12, 2023 at 4:10 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — Last year was the world’s joint fifth-warmest on record and the last nine years were the nine warmest since pre-industrial times, putting the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5 C in serious jeopardy, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. Last year tied with […]

By Kate Abnett

Worst drought in decades sees Argentina exchange slash soy, corn forecasts

Jan. 11, 2023 at 7:44 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina’s Rosario Grains exchange sharply cut its forecast for the 2022-23 soybean harvest to 37 million tonnes from a previous forecast of 49 million, it said on Wednesday, as the country faces its worst drought in 60 years. The exchange also slashed its 2022-23 corn […]