Harsh U. S. Winter Weather Supports Commodity Markets

“It was a very wet, late crop and it is very hard to store.” – don roose, u. s. commodi ti es Brutal winter weather across much of the United States has helped rally commodity markets as energy demand rises, crops are hit with snow or frost and livestock movement is slowed. Two strong winter


El Niño Rises, Winter To Get Milder

The current winter deep freeze on the Prairies could soon turn balmy because of El Nińo, according to a Canadian Wheat Board weather analyst. A rising El Nińo phenomenon – one of the strongest ever – could bring warmer winter weather to Western Canada, possibly followed by below-normal temperatures and above-normal precipitation in spring, said

Issued: Monday, January 4, 2010 Covering: January 6 –January 13

Arctic high pressure will be the main weather maker for this forecast period, which will result in mostly clear skies and cold temperatures – at least for a while. Another strong arctic high will be pushing southward during this forecast period and should be over our region on Thursday and Friday. The good news is


New Agricultural Alliance To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Canada has joined an international network devoted to helping farmers reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The group called the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases will collaborate on research and exchange information on mitigating greenhouse gases from agricultural activity. Besides Canada, the alliance includes the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Ghana,




Still Looking At An El Niño Winter?

Figure 1 Last issue, I said that we would take a break from El Nińo and take our yearly look at Christmas weather, but I just realized that there is still one more issue before Christmas, so let’s finish up our El Nińo discussion. In the previous articles we discussed how the “normal” flow across


CWB Launches WeatherFarm

“This is the future of weather information.” – Ian Whi Te Farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the weather, now have free online access to Canada’s largest private weather network, with more than 700 real-time reporting weather stations across the West. WeatherFarm ( is a collaboration between the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and WeatherBug, an American-based

Cold And Warm Water Affects Our Weather

Before I dive back into our discussion about El Nińo, did anyone really think we would get through this winter without seeing regular good old-fashioned cold weather? I think we all knew that the amazing period of mild weather would eventually come to an end, but you know, I secretly think there are a lot