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Late Canadian mustard crop facing quality downgrades

MarketsFarm — An early blast of snow and cold across the Prairies has delayed harvest operations for a mustard crop already running behind normal, with quality downgrades expected for any mustard still in the field. “It has to be absolutely flattened,” said mustard buyer Walter Dyck of Olds Products at Lethbridge on the effect of

Crops, Weather

Alberta snow further delays canola harvest, boosts prices

By GFM Network News September 30, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola futures finished up at Monday’s close, boosted by a weather premium after a low-pressure system brought considerable snowfall to parts of Alberta over the weekend. Snow was mostly concentrated in the southern region of the province. Calgary and surrounding areas received around 30 centimetres of snow, according to preliminary results from Environment

CBOT December 2019 corn, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures ease

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter September 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures closed lower on Friday, as weather forecasts showed fewer yield risks to Midwest crops ahead of harvesting, as traders jockeyed for positioning ahead of a U.S. grain stocks report slated for Monday, traders said. Meanwhile, CBOT wheat futures extended a technical bounce

File photo of a snow-topped field in Alberta. (Don White/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Weather

Snow to stall harvests for western Prairies, Montana

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen September 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A weekend storm is poised to bring more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow to parts of Montana and the Canadian Prairies, putting portions of the region’s spring wheat and canola crops at risk, a meteorologist said. Excessively wet conditions in the region this month have already slowed fieldwork and

Other, Weather

Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail

Most of our region’s rain begins as snow — Part 2 of a series

By Daniel Bezte April 22, 2019

In my previous article we discussed warm and cold clouds and we learned that most of our local precipitation is produced in cold clouds, which means that most of it starts off as snow – even in the summer! This week we are going to look at the different types of precipitation we experience and

File photo of a flooded North Dakota highway. (DLerick/E+/Getty Images)

Crops, Weather

Heavy North Dakota snows threaten wheat seeding

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A blanket of heavy, wet snow covering most of North Dakota, the top U.S. wheat state, threatens to delay planting of spring wheat in another blow to a U.S. farm belt already facing billions of dollars in damage from flooding. Farmers from Missouri to South Dakota have seen their corn and

We have more than enough snow in many parts of Manitoba as we head into spring.

Other, Weather

How we dodged a weather bullet

Did anyone really want a huge dump of snow just before the spring melt gets underway?

By Daniel Bezte March 18, 2019

For a while last week, it was looking like our worst spring fears were going to come true as two large and fairly powerful Colorado lows were predicted to hit southern Manitoba. If you follow any of the forecast models, were listening to CBC or read the Prairie weather discussion, then you too might have

Nebraska State Police tweeted aerial footage on March 15, 2019 showing cattle stranded on tiny islands in floodwaters around Fremont, about 50 km northwest of Omaha. (Nebraska State Police photo via @NEStatePatrol on Twitter)

Markets, Weather

U.S. farm belt slammed by floods, heavy snow from bomb cyclone

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 18, 2019

Reuters — A harsh late-winter storm broadsided a vast swath of the U.S. agriculture industry this week as heavy snow closed roads and buried cattle in the Plains while excessive rain flooded Midwest fields and swamped grain elevators. A “bomb cyclone” hurled hurricane-force winds, sparked tornadoes and dumped heavy snow and rain across the Plains

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures jump on snowstorm

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek February 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures approached a one-year high on Tuesday on concerns that wintry weather in the middle of the country will temporarily tighten supplies. Snow in states such as Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa this week is expected to slow the transportation of cattle to processing plants run by companies such as

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Arctic air continues to dominate

Issued February 4, 2019: Covering the period from February 6 to 13

By Daniel Bezte February 7, 2019

Last week’s forecast wasn’t as far off as it seemed. The cold air was a little colder than forecast, a little more snow fell across central regions last Saturday, and the southern low tracked a little farther north than forecast on Sunday, bringing a fairly good dump of fluffy snow. For this forecast period, it

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Snow

Late Canadian mustard crop facing quality downgrades

Alberta snow further delays canola harvest, boosts prices

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures ease

Snow to stall harvests for western Prairies, Montana

Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail

Heavy North Dakota snows threaten wheat seeding

How we dodged a weather bullet

U.S. farm belt slammed by floods, heavy snow from bomb cyclone

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures jump on snowstorm

Forecast: Arctic air continues to dominate

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