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Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Canola braces for turbulence

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market could go on a choppy ride this summer as weather challenges and the topsy-turvy world of international trade battles threaten to fill the next few months with volatility. “Particularly in the summer months, Trump issues and weather issues will be the primary drivers; both are hard […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on global weather woes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed nearly two per cent on Wednesday on a mix of technical buying and worries about persistent dry weather in major exporting countries including Russia and Australia. Corn and soybeans sagged as weather in the U.S. crop belt remained mostly favourable. Chicago Board of Trade July wheat settled […] Read more
Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Weather

Mustard looking to rebound, if weather co-operates

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canadian mustard acres may be up on the year, but key growing regions missed out on recent rain and will need more moisture as the season progresses, in order to prevent a repeat of 2017’s drought-stricken crop. “Mustard was offering some profit potential compared to some of the other options out there, […] Read more
Lentil plants in bloom. (BasieB/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Good start despite dry conditions

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Dry soil conditions persist across many areas of Western Canada but the outlook for pulse crops seems fairly promising in one specialist’s view. “For the pulses, seeding has been going fairly well,” said Daphne Cruise, crops extension specialist with Saskatchewan’s provincial Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Moose Jaw. “A lot of the pulses […] Read more
Averaged global sea surface temperature anomalies (in degrees Celsius) for the week centred on May 2, 2018. (NOAA Climate Prediction Center graphic)
General, Reuters, Weather

El Nino pattern could emerge by 2018-19 winter

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — The El Nino weather pattern, associated with warmer and wetter weather than usual that may give rise to damaging conditions, could emerge by the 2018-19 Northern Hemisphere winter, with neutral conditions expected to prevail through November this year, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The last El Nino, a warming of […] Read more
Environment Canada on April 30 released this forecast map for the probability of above-normal precipitation for the period of May through July 2018.
Crops, Weather

May showers likely to leave growers unsatisfied

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canada’s Prairies can expect to see regular rainfall in most regions during May, but it likely won’t be enough to offset dry conditions recorded over the past several months. According to Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. in Kansas City, the first half of May should see average rainfall amounts in most […] Read more
Southern Ontario wine grapes on the vine. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Grapes, Reuters, Weather

World wine output falls to 60-year low

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters — Global wine output fell to its lowest level in 60 years in 2017 due to poor weather conditions in the European Union that slashed production in the bloc, international wine organization OIV said. Wine production totalled 250 million hectolitres last year, down 8.6 per cent from 2016, data from the Paris-based […] Read more

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