Agriculture Weather & Forecast

U.S. corn, soy stocks top forecasts

By GFM Network News March 29, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– Massive supplies of both U.S. corn and soybeans remained in storage bins around the country ahead of spring planting, U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) data released on Friday showed. USDA also said that farmers planned to boost their corn plantings by 4.1 per cent but severe flooding in the U.S. Midwest may […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Heavy North Dakota snows threaten wheat seeding

By GFM Network News March 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A blanket of heavy, wet snow covering most of North Dakota, the top U.S. wheat state, threatens to delay planting of spring wheat in another blow to a U.S. farm belt already facing billions of dollars in damage from flooding. Farmers from Missouri to South Dakota have seen their corn and […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

ADM says U.S. floods to cut into Q1 operating profit

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding and severe winter weather in the U.S. Midwest will reduce Archer Daniels Midland’s first-quarter operating profit by US$50 million to $60 million, the U.S. grains trader said on Monday. Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the farm belt across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and several other states. The […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 22, 2019

MarketsFarm — Weather conditions have the potential to swing feed grain markets in Western Canada over the next few weeks, although prices generally remain steady for the time being. “Spring is here, and as the snow melts it creates mud, road bans and all that lovely stuff,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Grain markets walled off from flood impacts by mountains of supplies

By GFM Network News March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A massive supply of grains has shielded the futures markets from the impact of flooding in the U.S. Midwest so far, with traders largely shrugging off this week’s reports of destroyed storage bins, swamped elevators and questions about if waters will recede in time for planting. The problem is grain glut […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods

By GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Winslow, Neb./Chicago | Reuters — Midwestern farmers have been gambling they could ride out the U.S.-China trade war by storing their corn and soybeans anywhere they could — in bins, plastic tubes, in barns or even outside. Now, the unthinkable has happened. Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the Farm Belt across Iowa, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat ends higher on weather worries

By GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose nearly two per cent on Wednesday on poor weather in the Midwest soft winter wheat belt and the northern Plains spring wheat region, traders said. Soybean and corn futures closed modestly higher. Chicago Board of Trade May soft red winter wheat settled up 8-1/4 cents at $4.64-3/4 […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets, Weather

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

By GFM Network News March 19, 2019

Response so far from farm and agribusiness organizations to Tuesday’s pre-election budget suggests the federal government has managed to find at least one line item for everyone in the ag sector. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget pledges compensation for supply-managed sectors facing financial hits from international trade pacts, funding for a new federal food policy […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Livestock, pets among victims in U.S. Midwest flooding

By GFM Network News March 19, 2019

Reuters — The floods that have devastated large swaths of Nebraska and Iowa since late last week left house pets homeless, inflicted an unknown toll on livestock and led to several daring water rescues of animals from dogs to horses. Rescuers in the Omaha area, where the Platte, Elkhorn and Missouri rivers began spilling over […] Read more

General, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Midwest’s catastrophic floods cause widespread damage

By GFM Network News March 19, 2019

Brownville, Neb. | Reuters — Severe flooding caused by rainfall and melting snow devastated farms and towns in Nebraska and Iowa on Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, with waters yet to crest in parts of the region for several days. The floods inundated stretches […] Read more

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways, waiting for news

CBOT weekly outlook: Bear market aches for bull news

U.S. grains: Wheat futures edge higher in turnaround from losses

GFM Network News

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways, waiting for news

CBOT weekly outlook: Bear market aches for bull news

U.S. grains: Wheat futures edge higher in turnaround from losses

Weather — page 2

U.S. corn, soy stocks top forecasts

Heavy North Dakota snows threaten wheat seeding

ADM says U.S. floods to cut into Q1 operating profit

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

Grain markets walled off from flood impacts by mountains of supplies

U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods

U.S. grains: Wheat ends higher on weather worries

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

Livestock, pets among victims in U.S. Midwest flooding

U.S. Midwest’s catastrophic floods cause widespread damage

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