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The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather the key for soybeans, corn

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell off nearby highs over the past week, with shifting weather forecasts directing the flow of money in the markets. “Ninety per cent of our price influence in a supply-side driven market during the growing season will be weather,” said analyst Sean Lusk

A battleground between cool and warm air masses led to the storms that unloaded on western Manitoba as the calendar changed from June to July.

Other, Weather

Are we facing a warm, wet summer?

The almanacs are calling for a warmer- and drier-than-average July

By Daniel Bezte July 15, 2020

What a month June turned out to be — and for many of you, it was really not a good month. It’s time to take a break from our usual weather programming and stop to look back at last month’s weather, then see what the different weather prognosticators say about the rest of the summer.

Fields north of Brandon still show significant standing water and the first hints of crop damage a week after rainfalls that locals counted in the inches.

Crops, Weather

Sky high demand for aerial sprayers after flood

A significant number of producers were calling in air strikes after 200 millimetres of rain kept their own sprayers out of the field

By Alexis Stockford July 14, 2020

The same storms that put parts of Westman underwater early this month also had aerial applicators scrambling to keep up with demand. Planes from Westman Aerial Spraying had little downtime in early July. Barry Cooper, business to business operations manager with Heritage Co-op, says they have seen more demand than there are planes available to

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Living through history

By Gord Gilmour July 9, 2020

Historic times are rarely comfortable times. Ask your ancestors who, in the first half of the last century alone lived through two world wars, one economic collapse, and a mega-drought. Or for that matter the millennials of today, who have so far survived one global financial crisis and a pandemic, with another economic crisis on

Fast running waters replace what was an approach just north of Brandon following intense thunderstorms that brought torrential rains.

News, Other, Weather

After two major storms, Westman farmers are surveying the damage

Torrential rains last week plunged western municipalities  into states of emergency as flooding wreaked havoc

By Alexis Stockford July 9, 2020

For Ryan Niven of Rapid City, the overrunning roads, acres upon acres of flooded crops and states of emergency popping up across the region felt a lot like 2014 all over again. “Fortunately, we’re done spraying, so we’re not out trying to make a bunch of ruts right now, but I would say, infrastructure-wise, there’s

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Warm with a chance of storms

Covering the period from July 8 to July 15

By Daniel Bezte July 9, 2020

The weather models got the heat and humidity correct with last week’s forecast; what they missed was the western boundary of the hot, humid air. That boundary ended up being a little farther east than forecasted, which resulted in unsettled conditions that dominated the weather over western Manitoba and led to some historic rain events. For this forecast period,

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

Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Trade looks to weather for support

By GFM Network News July 8, 2020

MarketsFarm — Commodities on the Chicago Board of Trade have been supported by dry growing conditions in key regions of the United States, but remain largely rangebound. “It’s been hot and dry, but it’s tough to pin your hopes on a bull market because sooner or later it will rain,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington

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

Farmers are finding a mixed bag during first-cut hay harvest.

Forages, News

First cut hay harvest a mixed bag

Yields are average at best, which is worrying for a sector with exhausted feed stocks and stressed pastures

By Alexis Stockford July 6, 2020

[UPDATED: July 7, 2020] There won’t be any bumper yields from Manitoba’s first hay cut and, despite storms that have left parts of Manitoba waterlogged last, not everywhere in the province has seen enough rain. June saw the province’s first hay harvests, although most fields cut by the third week of the month were either

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Hot and humid weather to continue

By Daniel Bezte July 3, 2020

Last week’s forecast was a little more on track, with the prediction of hot and humid air; only problem was, the heat and humidity moved in a little earlier than expected. This forecast period is looking very much like the dog days of summer: plenty of sunshine, lots of heat and a fair bit of

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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