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

U.S. grains: Corn, soy higher after choppy day amid hot forecasts

By GFM Network News July 8, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures settled higher on Monday after a seesaw trading session. Analysts blamed the choppy day on forecasts for hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest in the coming days. But forecasts showing heat building further in the next two weeks, with limited rainfall, were causing concern

Other, Weather

Can we expect late-June’s heat to continue?

Eastern Manitoba missed out on most of the large-scale rain events we saw last month

By Daniel Bezte July 8, 2019

We’ve been stuck in a weather pattern that has been giving us colder-than-average temperatures since last January and this pattern really didn’t break down in June. We continued to see upper lows getting blocked over either northern Manitoba or Hudson Bay, with only a couple of short periods where this pattern broke down. June saw

The federal Agriculture Department is touting new extreme weather tracking tools.

News, Weather

AAFC unveils extreme weather tracker

The online tool could be handy when planting and cropping decisions are at hand

By Alex Binkley July 8, 2019

Agriculture Canada has unveiled a new online weather watching tool that will enable farmers to better track extreme weather conditions during the agricultural growing season. Called ‘Extreme Weather Indices,’ the tool was developed in collaboration with Environment Canada’s weather service and should help farmers plan their planting and harvesting operations. Like weather forecasts, the indices

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: World weather buoys barley

By GFM Network News July 5, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian feed barley prices are being buoyed by a triple threat of weather circumstances both locally and abroad. Three years of dry growing conditions in Australia have tightened global feed barley supplies to the point that domestic Canadian prices have increased. Current feed barley bids are topping out at $6.25 per bushel in

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: And now, your fairly quiet forecast

By Daniel Bezte July 4, 2019

Last week’s forecast played out fairly close to what the weather models predicted. If we see the same thing for this forecast period, expect mostly sunny skies, maybe the odd thundershower, and temperatures right around average for early July. This forecast period will begin with a large upper low dropping into northern Manitoba from the

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

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease on warmer weather

By GFM Network News July 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean, corn and wheat futures all settled down on Monday after early strength, as outlooks for improved U.S. weather boosted crop production prospects, analysts said. The August soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade settled down 14-3/4 cents at $8.89-3/4 a bushel and new-crop November settled down 14-1/2 cents

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy retreat as farm belt heats up

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume June 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures drifted lower on Thursday as investors squared positions ahead of government reports on acreage and stocks due on Friday and as improving U.S. Midwest weather boosted crop prospects. Wheat futures ended mixed as improved harvest weather in the U.S. Plains winter wheat belt offset support from

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Warm with the chance of storms

Issued June 24, 2019: Covering the period from June 26 to July 3

By Daniel Bezte June 27, 2019

I’m not sure if I should say this, but it looks more and more like last weekend’s upper low may have finally broken the pattern of colder-than-average temperatures we have been in for several months now. As with all pattern changes, we will have to see if the new warmer pattern can stick, or will

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

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn down on improved weather

By GFM Network News June 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell for the first time in three sessions and soybeans fell for a second straight day on Wednesday, with prices weighed down by forecasts of dry weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest that lifted hopes for improved crop conditions. “This short-term warm weather can lead to a

Crop Report, Weather

Recent rains help spur crop growth, forage quality a concern for producers

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for June 25

By Manitoba Agriculture June 26, 2019

Southwest Region Recent rainfall has helped crops and forages over the entire Southwest region. Crops have responded and now some warm days and evenings will help in crop development. Quantity of moisture generally adequate for crop growth throughout the region but the Melita, Ninette, Sinclair, Pierson, and Rivers areas received more than 45 mm over

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy higher after choppy day amid hot forecasts

Can we expect late-June’s heat to continue?

AAFC unveils extreme weather tracker

Feed weekly outlook: World weather buoys barley

Forecast: And now, your fairly quiet forecast

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease on warmer weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy retreat as farm belt heats up

Forecast: Warm with the chance of storms

U.S. grains: Soy, corn down on improved weather

Recent rains help spur crop growth, forage quality a concern for producers

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