Guide Life, Weather

Will it snow?

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Crops, Weather

Your business climate

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The wild ride in soybean markets continues

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  VIDEO: Big rain in southern Ontario poses crop challenges

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Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Early snow hurts edible bean prospects

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm 1 day ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — An early snow storm hit key edible bean growing regions of Manitoba and the northern U.S. hard, with a large portion of the crop in the region now facing an uncertain future. “It is unprecedented what’s happened at this point,” said Tim Courneya, executive vice-president of the Northarvest Bean Growers Association, which represents […] Read more

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Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Angry farmers cause Dutch police to close off parliament square

By Reuters 1 day ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Hague | Reuters — Police in the Dutch city of The Hague closed its central parliament square on Wednesday to keep out farmers protesting over what they see as attempts to blame them for nitrogen pollution. Thousands of irate farmers had driven tractors to The Hague hours earlier in their third large protest in […] Read more

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Weather

Today’s precipitation

By Staff 2 days ago

Reading Time: 1 minute Data from weather stations across the Prairies are available to Glacier FarmMedia members at the WeatherFarm website, where you can also sign up for a daily forecast email for your area. On the go? Get the WeatherFarm mobile app, available for iPhone and Android devices. To learn more about the CoCoRaHS system that generates these precipitation maps […] Read more

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General, Weather

Wet fall raises risk of Manitoba spring flood

By MarketsFarm October 11, 2019

Reading Time: 1 minute MarketsFarm — Manitoba’s Red River Valley is very wet heading into the winter freeze, but it’s still too early to say if the saturated soils will lead to flooding in the spring, according to provincial forecasters. The Manitoba government on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of opening the Red River Floodway, marking the first time […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

U.S. diesel prices hit three-year low as harvest delays feared

By Stephanie Kelly October 10, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes New York | Reuters — Diesel prices in the U.S. Midwest have sunk to a three-year seasonal low as farmers in the region face adverse weather conditions, further complicating an already delayed harvest season, traders and farmers said. Diesel demand typically rises during harvest season because farming equipment and trucks transporting product use the fuel. […] Read more

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Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain market finding a bottom

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm October 9, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — The western Canadian feed grain market is showing signs of finding a bottom, as buyers wait to get a better handle on the quality of grain still unharvested across the Prairies. Feed barley is currently trading at around $200 per tonne in southern Alberta, while feed wheat bids are around $210, according to […] Read more

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Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: More than weather behind canola uptrend

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 9, 2019

Reading Time: 1 minute MarketsFarm — Canola’s sharp rise over the last week can be attributed not only to poor weather on the Prairies, but to other factors as well, according to MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville. For seven straight trading sessions, canola bids have climbed, from $445.60 per tonne at the close of trading on Sept. 27 to […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on trade optimism, Midwest weather

By Julie Ingwersen October 9, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to their highest level in nearly three months on Wednesday before paring gains, supported by optimism about increased Chinese purchases and fears that a winter storm in the upper U.S. Midwest could threaten late-maturing crops. Corn closed modestly lower and wheat was little changed, with both commodities […] Read more

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Crops, Reuters, Weather

South America fires could disrupt its farm belt’s rainfall

By Monica Machicao October 9, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Santa Cruz | Reuters — Forest fires that swept across Bolivia and Brazil this year could disrupt rainfall distribution across South America’s grains-and-beef producing regions in unpredictable ways for years to come, a scientist and meteorologist said. Recent rains in both countries have helped put out the wildfires, which were likely started by farmers and […] Read more

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Cereals, Crops, Weather

Late North American durum faces quality downgrades

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm October 8, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Cool and wet conditions delaying harvest operations across North America’s durum-growing regions are cutting into the quality of the crop in both the U.S. and Canada, with widening price spreads likely going forward. “It’s been a challenging harvest,” said Erica Olson, marketing specialist with the North Dakota Wheat Commission. “We did have some […] Read more

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