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Minnesota fields thrive, Iowa storm damage continues on crop tour

By P.j. Huffstutter, Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News 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 […] Read more

General, Weather

Prairie summer weather patterns to hold for now

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News 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 […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola stronger after Canada Day

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, 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 […] Read more

This map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies so far this growing season (April 1 to Aug. 27). You can see just how dry it has been this year across the southern and central Prairies. A large part of this region has seen less than 250 millimetres over this five-month period, with large parts of Saskatchewan and southwestern Alberta seeing less than 200 millimetres. The only ‘wet’ area is in northwestern Saskatchewan and  north-central Alberta where precipitation amounts are in the 400- to 500-millimetre range.

Weather

There are extreme rains, and then the deluge caused by Harvey

Some parts of Texas received more rain in 24 hours than  Prairie centres have seen in their wettest-ever month 

By Daniel Bezte September 15, 2017

As fairly quiet weather continues across the Prairies, the big weather story recently has been Hurricane Harvey, which came ashore in Texas late on Aug. 26. Harvey rapidly strengthened in the 12-hour period leading up to landfall and came ashore as a borderline Category 4 hurricane, with top winds of 210 kilometres per hour. It wasn’t […] Read more

Livestock

Watch for nitrate accumulation after a hailstorm

Water and nutrients, including nitrogen, are pushed into non-legume crops after hail damage

By Alberta Agriculture and Forestry August 21, 2017

There are many things to consider when salvaging a damaged cereal, oilseed, or hay crop after a hail event. One of them is nitrate accumulation, which occurs in a plant when it is injured and unable to convert nitrate to protein efficiently after a hailstorm. In non-legume crops, water and nutrients are pushed into the […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Japan feedmakers to tap corn stocks after U.S. supply disruption

By Reuters February 16, 2017

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan’s feedmakers are expected to tap the country’s emergency stockpiles of corn as inventories decline to critically low levels due to a delay in shipments from the U.S. Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries plans to approve the measure after heavy storms in the northwestern U.S. caused lengthy delays to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week low on Plains forecasts

By Julie Ingwersen January 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly two per cent on Wednesday on forecasts for much-needed moisture in the southern Plains, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also declined as traders adjusted positions ahead of key crop data due on Thursday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Manitoba sunflowers take beating from storms

By Erin Debooy August 11, 2016

CNS Canada –– Manitoba crops have suffered an array of problems due to unfavourable weather this year, and sunflowers are no exception. “(Sunflower) crops would be looking really good if it wasn’t for the storms that have been rolling through Manitoba over the last few weeks,” said Troy Turner, agronomist with the National Sunflower Association […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Storms trim potential for big Prairie crops

By Rod Nickel July 13, 2016

Reuters — Heavy rain and strong winds are likely to curb the potential for Western Canada’s crops, government officials said, but the harvest may still be bigger than average. Pockets across Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, received as much as five inches of rain, strong winds and hail since Sunday. The storms flattened […] Read more

This map shows September’s global temperatures as percentiles ranging from record cold to record warmth. It’s easy to see just why it was one of, if not the, warmest September on record. With the exception of a few small areas of cooler to much cooler-than-average temperatures, most of the planet saw warmer to much warmer-than-average temperatures, with large areas seeing record warmth.

Weather

The latest winter outlook and more on cold weather precipitation

October was a pleasant change from September, but will the  warmer-than-average weather continue for the rest of the year? 

By Daniel Bezte November 13, 2015

In my last article I said that we’d continue our discussion on cold weather precipitation. But before diving into that icy topic, I want to take a look at the weather so far this fall and see if the long-range winter forecasts have changed. After experiencing a cooler- and wetter-than-average September across pretty much all of agricultural […] Read more

Klassen: Feeder cattle market in price-discovery phase

Ontario backs ‘horse experience’ businesses for horse upkeep

China’s 2020 corn, wheat imports reach record highs

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