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

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn ease on crop-boosting weather

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume September 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures retreated on Wednesday ahead of an eagerly awaited U.S. government crop report, pressured by forecasts for favourable Midwest crop weather and disappointment that China did not include the oilseed on a list of U.S. imports exempted from tariffs. Corn also weakened as late-planted U.S. crops were seen benefiting

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy hit lows on weather, before technical bounce

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume September 9, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to contract lows on Monday and soybeans slid to 3-1/2 month lows on crop-boosting weather and weak demand before short covering and technical buying helped both markets pare losses. Spillover support from rising wheat futures also gave corn and soy some underlying support ahead of eagerly awaited

Columns, Other, Weather

Bezte: Cool summer, cool fall?

By Daniel Bezte September 7, 2019

Another month has come and gone and in the weather world, summer is slowly coming to an end. That means it’s time to take a look back at the weather over the past month and to summarize what the three key summer months brought us, weather-wise, across the Prairies. Then, as usual, we’ll take our

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: A couple of chances for precipitation

By Daniel Bezte September 6, 2019

The weather models did a pretty good job forecasting the deep late-summer low that brought significant rains to large parts of Manitoba two weekends ago and into the first half of last week. The brisk northerly flow behind the low did keep temperatures on the cool side, with daytime highs struggling to make it into

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Warming up and drying out

By Daniel Bezte August 30, 2019

Last week’s forecast turned out not too bad considering the extra lead time. Even the short-term forecasts struggled with the cool air late last week and while the first low didn’t kick northwards last Friday, the main low was still forecasted to bring significant rainfall chances to most of southern and central Manitoba last weekend

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Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders watching weather

By GFM Network News August 28, 2019

MarketsFarm — Corn contracts have tested contract lows on the Chicago Board of Trade, and markets are in need of a bounce. “If contract lows get taken out, you’re talking almost another 10 cents to the downside,” said Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Illinois. “It’s going to be very important for us

This map shows precipitation percentiles across the Prairies during the last half of the year ending Aug. 12. Three regions have been experiencing long-term dry conditions. The driest regions are found across central parts of agricultural Manitoba, southern Alberta and far-northern Alberta. The wettest regions are found across central Alberta and, to some degree, in south-central Saskatchewan.

Weather

Prairie rainfall: Too much and too little

By Daniel Bezte August 27, 2019

There doesn’t seem to be a lot of big weather stories currently going on in our part of the world, but is that really true? Sure, the weather overall this summer has been fairly quiet, with no massive storms or heat waves, but there has been a weather story that has been slowly building and

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Typical late-summer August weather

Covering the period from August 19 to 28, 2019

By Daniel Bezte August 22, 2019

Well, last issue’s forecast wasn’t too far off. We did see some clouds and showers move through our region last Thursday and Friday, but most regions ended up seeing more sun than clouds instead of the other way around. This forecast period will begin with an area of low pressure slowly pulling off to our

Additional bouts of cold air are expected as August winds up, and especially through September.

Crops, News

Early frost risk elevated on the Prairies

One weather specialist says there’s an unsettling weather pattern established for the Prairies

By Marlo Glass August 22, 2019

Another dilemma is expected for the 2019 growing season. After a late start, western Canadian farmers could be challenged by an early end. Over the August 10 weekend there were isolated reports of frost in some areas of the Peace River region in Alberta. Other parts of the Prairies may be experiencing similar conditions sooner

Other, Weather

For the record, July was a hot month once again

What are we likely to experience, a warm or cool long-range forecast?

By Daniel Bezte August 21, 2019

I guess I’ll begin with an apology for not being able to provide a new article for last week’s issue of the Co-operator. I was off exploring the wilds of Vancouver Island after competing in the Whistler half Ironman. I knew cellphone and data coverage was going to be tough on the Island, especially when

Daily Network News

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

CBOT Weekly: April supply and demand report a ‘nothing burger’

Canada blocks meats, dairy from Greece over foot-and-mouth disease

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