Weather News
Today’s precipitation
November 16, 2018
Data and maps 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 […]
Trends stand out in StatsCan crop data: report
November 13, 2018
CNS Canada — Second-guessing Statistics Canada’s crop information may be a time-honoured tradition across the Prairies, but there are trends in the data that stand out, according to a recent report from the government agency. Looking at data over the past decade, total seeded canola acres were revised higher in […]
Drought persists on the Prairies
November 8, 2018
Thanks to a rainy and snowy October, soil moisture conditions have improved across much of the Prairies. While things are better, compared to a month or 60 days ago, many parts of Western Canada remain in a multi-year drought. “Conditions have improved, is the short version,” said Patrick Cherneski, manager of the national agro-climate information […] Read more
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Severe hailstorms drive up claims
November 8, 2018
Every cloud has a silver lining, as the saying goes, but for the prairie growing season of 2018, the silver lining came without many clouds — hail clouds in particular. The Canadian Crop Hail Association released its hail summary Nov. 1, noting lack of moisture in many areas this summer resulted in fewer storms than […] Read more
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Winter to start wet, end dry
November 8, 2018
Farmers can expect an atypical El Nino winter, says a weather forecaster. Meteorological agencies in the United States and Australia believe an El Nino will soon be forming, which usually means a warm and dry winter for the Canadian Prairies. However, World Weather Inc. thinks the opposite will happen at the start of winter. Company […] Read more
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El Nino developing as Western Canada recovers from drought
November 5, 2018
CNS Canada – Despite above normal precipitation over the last couple of months, when comes to the drought, the Prairies are not out of the woods as winter approaches. We are headed into an El Nino, at least according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the National Oceanic and […]
Ag News
Gardiner Dam Terminal set to go full Viterra
November 17, 2018
The farmers who own half of central Saskatchewan’s Gardiner Dam Terminal have reached a deal to sell their half to their business partner and wind up the company. Glencore Agriculture’s Viterra arm announced Friday it will buy the half of GDT it doesn’t already own and take over operation of […]
Positives and negatives both loom in cereal outlook
November 16, 2018
CNS Canada — There was a mix of good and bad from two senior market analysts when it came to their outlook for cereal crops. Jonathon Driedger and Neil Townsend, both with FarmLink Marketing Solutions, gave their thoughts about the global markets for wheat, durum, feed barley and oats Wednesday […]
Funds’ net short position growing in canola
November 16, 2018
CNS Canada –– Speculators added to their net short positions in canola during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators increased their net short position to roughly 29,400 contracts in […]
Fund net short position growing in canola
November 16, 2018
Speculators added to their net short positions in canola during the week ended Nov. 13, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators increased their net short position to roughly 29,400 contracts in canola during the reporting period, […] Read more
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Canola holds steady
November 15, 2018
The ICE Futures canola platform finished the day mixed, with contracts bouncing around both sides of unchanged in the last 10 minutes of trade. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean contracts finished the day mostly higher, soyoil contracts were stronger and meal contracts lower. Soybeans found support from news that China and the United States […] Read more
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Ag Canada lowers durum/pea export projections, raises stocks
November 15, 2018
Canada will export less durum and field peas in 2018/19 than earlier forecast, according to updated supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released on Nov. 15, 2018. The tables only included minor or no adjustments from the previous month for most crops. Agriculture Canada’s market analysis branch now forecasts durum exports during the marketing […] Read more
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