Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives Rain

CBOT December 2021 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on broad commodities weakness

Forecasts call for rain in northwestern U.S. Midwest

By ,
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell about 2.5 per cent on Thursday, following broad declines in commodities including crude oil and metals tied to fears about slowing global growth, analysts said. Pressure also stemmed from forecasts for rains in northwestern portions of the Midwest that could improve production prospects, particularly for
A thermometer reads 113 F (45 C) on June 27 at Portland, Oregon.
Other, Weather

The last wet summer, and other facts or myths

By mid-August of 2014, we had been hit by six upper-level lows that summer

By
Trying to come up with a topic for the latest issue of the Co-operator I decided to look back to see when we last had a wet summer. I have often been blamed for bad weather because I discussed it in a weather article, so instead of talking about the heat, I figured we should
CBOT December 2021 corn (candlesticks) with MGEX, CBOT and K.C. September 2021 wheats (green, yellow and orange lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on cool, wet forecast

Wheat supported by dryness in northern Plains

By ,
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures ended lower on Thursday, pressured by cool, rainy forecasts across the U.S. growing belt, though dryness in the upper Midwest continues to threaten developing crops. Corn eased as beneficial rains aided crops entering pollination, while wheat firmed as sparse moisture reached drought-hit spring wheat regions. The most-active soybean
File photo of an Alberta wheat field. (ImagineGolf/E+/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta feed prices rising

By ,
MarketsFarm — Higher-than-normal temperatures and continued demand for feed have caused prices for Alberta feed barley and feed wheat to increase over the past few weeks. However, that demand has pulled back somewhat. According to Prairie Ag Hotwire data from Wednesday, high-delivered bids for Alberta feed barley were at $7.84 per bushel, 48 cents higher
Canola started to fill out thanks to June rains, although high temperatures in early July led to concerns over heat blast.
Crops, News

Farmers continue to watch the skies for rain

Precipitation in June was great for those who got it, but producers are back to waiting anxiously for the next much-needed burst

By
Farmers were celebrating some of their first real rainfalls of the season in June, but agrometeorologists and agronomists aren’t quite ready to break out the party hats. Why it matters: Social media was full of jubilant rain gauge pictures last month, but agronomists say the damage to yield potential has already been done for some
File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops fight off record heat

By ,
MarketsFarm — The “heat dome” which enveloped Western Canada last week delivered a blow to Saskatchewan’s pulse crops. Thirty-four temperature records were shattered on Friday, including those at Regina, Prince Albert, Swift Current, Weyburn and Yorkton. Saskatoon and Lucky Lake, northeast of Swift Current, were the province’s hot spots that day at 40 C. Nine
CBOT December 2021 corn (candlesticks) with MGEX, CBOT and K.C. December 2021 wheats (green, yellow and orange lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn limit down as crop weather improves

Market retreats from rallies last week

By ,
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures sank by the daily limit on Tuesday as forecasts for cooler, wetter U.S. weather eased concerns about unfavourable crop conditions. Prices pulled back after climbing 12 per cent last week on lower-than-anticipated U.S. plantings estimates from the Department of Agriculture. The estimates made the market
dugout
Livestock, News

Rains bring second wind to pastures, water supplies

By
DROUGHT | Many producers got desperately needed rain in the second week of June, but low water concerns have not been totally banished Tyler Fulton’s dugout looks very different from the image of an ever-deepening hole and dwindling water that he posted to Twitter only weeks ago. At the time, the Birtle-area farmer and president of the

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →