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

Cold, snowy start seen to Prairies’ winter

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 8, 2022

MarketsFarm — Although the official calendar start to winter isn’t until Dec. 21, conditions on the Canadian Prairies are now winter-like, according to Weatherlogics chief scientist Scott Kehler. “For the month of November, it looks like we’re off to a cold start for most of the Prairies. The western Prairies… had quite a significant winter

CBOT May 2021 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Storms forecast for Plains drive wheat to one-month low

Corn up, soybeans down, soymeal drops

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 12, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures extended losses on Friday, touching a one-month low as rain and snow forecast for dry parts of the U.S. Plains improved production prospects, analysts said. Soybean futures finished narrowly mixed, caught between surging soyoil futures amid tightening world vegetable oil supplies, and slowing demand for soymeal, a hog

Subject: Storage grain bin silos in a field of matured corn crop in harvest time.

Crops, Weather

Minnesota fields thrive, Iowa storm damage continues on crop tour

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, P.J. Huffstutter August 20, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Scouts on an annual U.S. Midwest crop tour continued to see fields battered by an Aug. 10 derecho storm in central Iowa on Thursday, with corn stalks snapped and ears littering the ground due to the hurricane-like winds. In Iowa, crop prospects swung wildly from field to field, according to scouts

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Rain needed across U.S. Midwest

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Dry conditions across the U.S. Midwest were among the factors that could affect commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) if rain doesn’t come soon, according to Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill. Dry conditions in the region could lead to price increases for corn and soybeans. “Across northern

Iowa’s accumulated precipitation as a percentage of mean (1981-2010) for the period July 20 to Aug. 18, 2020. (Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship map)

Crops, Weather

Storm and drought impacts on Iowa corn seen in crop tour

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub, P.J. Huffstutter August 19, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — A clearer picture of damage to crops in the path of last week’s derecho storm emerged on Wednesday, as crop scouts on an annual tour scrambled across blown-over corn stalks and wind-battered soybean fields in Illinois and Iowa. Iowa officials on Tuesday warned much of the crop in the path of

CBOT November 2020 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans near seven-month high as dryness threatens crop

Corn up one per cent after storm hits U.S. crop in key growing region

By GFM Network News August 17, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rallied on Monday to a nearly seven-month high on reports of dry weather in the United States, while corn futures hit their highest in a month on fresh concerns over damage from a storm in Iowa a week ago. August has been one of the driest on record

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. farmers to harvest record-large corn crop, second-largest soy crop, USDA says

Estimates don't include impact of recent Midwest storm

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 12, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers will reap their biggest corn harvest and their second biggest soybean harvest this fall as good summer weather shepherded the crops through key phases of development, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday. The crop outlooks, which also included average yields for both corn and soybeans as the largest

CBOT December 2020 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn futures tread water as Midwest’s farmers assess storm damage

Analysts still expect large U.S. harvest

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek August 11, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures ended flat on Tuesday as traders and analysts predicted that farmers will harvest a large crop despite a damaging storm that tore across the U.S. Midwest on Monday. Soybean futures were steady, while wheat futures rose on technical buying. Farmers are assessing the damage to their corn from

A washout near Forrest in western Manitoba on June 29, 2020. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Alexis Stockford)

Other, Weather

Prairie summer weather patterns to hold for now

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 8, 2020

MarketsFarm — No major changes in the current weather patterns on the Prairies are expected at this time, according to a pair of weather experts. So far this summer, the region’s weather has been highlighted by warmer and generally drier conditions in the eastern Prairies, while the western portion has been cooler with a great

ICE November 2020 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola stronger after Canada Day

By GFM Network News July 3, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts have made small gains this week after pausing on Wednesday for Canada Day. As the July canola contract has expired, attention turns to new-crop contracts. Areas of the Prairies have received significant rain lately, with flood warnings and high water advisories across southwestern and western Manitoba after several consecutive storms. It’s

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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Cold, snowy start seen to Prairies’ winter

U.S. grains: Storms forecast for Plains drive wheat to one-month low

Minnesota fields thrive, Iowa storm damage continues on crop tour

CBOT weekly outlook: Rain needed across U.S. Midwest

Storm and drought impacts on Iowa corn seen in crop tour

U.S. grains: Soybeans near seven-month high as dryness threatens crop

U.S. farmers to harvest record-large corn crop, second-largest soy crop, USDA says

U.S. grains: Corn futures tread water as Midwest’s farmers assess storm damage

Prairie summer weather patterns to hold for now

ICE weekly outlook: Canola stronger after Canada Day

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