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Market life after the USDA report

The day that USDA crop reports are released is the most important day of the year

By Brian Wittal February 11, 2016

January 12, 2016, was the day that the United States Department of Agriculture came out with a number of reports covering intended seeded acres for U.S. winter wheat, 2015 production reports for both domestic and world grains and quarterly stocks and ending stocks reviews for U.S. and world grains. In the world of grain marketing […] Read more

Averaged sea surface temperatures and sea surface temperature anomalies worldwide for the week centred on Feb. 3. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

First La Nina since 2012 expected in coming months

By GFM Network News February 11, 2016

New York | Reuters –– Even as the El Nino weather phenomenon continues to impact global temperatures and crops, its counterpart La Nina is increasingly expected to emerge in the coming months for the first time in four years. The return of La Nina, Spanish for “the girl” and characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures, […] Read more

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies for the week centred on Jan. 6. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino conditions weakening

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 14, 2016

Reuters — The El Nino phenomenon currently affecting weather is expected to weaken during the Northern Hemisphere spring and transition to normal conditions by late spring or early summer, a U.S. government weather forecaster said Thursday. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, was in line in its monthly forecast […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grain shippers await El Nino dryness after unseasonable flood

By GFM Network News January 6, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The clear Midwestern skies that El Nino cycles typically bring could be a boon to the U.S. heartland this spring, after recent record rain levels soaked the region, swamping farmland and disrupting grain export shipments on swollen rivers. Farm fields across the Midwest are saturated, according to the U.S. Department of […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

El Nino seen declining, to return to neutral by Q2

By GFM Network News January 5, 2016

Sydney | Reuters — The 2015-16 El Nino weather event, one of the three strongest in the past 50 years, has peaked in recent weeks and will likely return to “ENSO neutral” by the second quarter of this year, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday. The El Nino phenomenon is driven by warm […] Read more

Average Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies, in degrees Celsius, for the week centred on Nov. 4. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Beef Cattle, Crops, Reuters, Weather

El Nino strengthening, to be among biggest on record: WMO

By GFM Network News November 16, 2015

Geneva | Reuters — The El Nino weather pattern, a phenomenon associated with extreme droughts, storms and floods, is expected to strengthen before the end of the year and become one of the strongest on record, the United Nations’ weather agency said Monday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said this El Nino was already “strong […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Cereals North America: Shift to La Nina may hurt yields

By GFM Network News November 5, 2015

Winnipeg | CNS Canada –– El Nino weather patterns are typically beneficial to North American grain yields, but cut into the production prospects of key Eastern Hemisphere demand markets, according to presenters at this week’s Cereals North America conference. However, an expected shift toward La Nina conditions by late 2016 could see North American grain yields […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

U.S. winter weather to see El Nino’s influence

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 17, 2015

Tampa | Reuters — Much of the U.S. South can expect a cooler and wetter winter, while warmer-than-usual temperatures are likely across many northern and western states, as a strong El Nino weather pattern shaped a government weather outlook issued Thursday. More rain and snow are likely across the nation’s southern regions, extending from central […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Crops, Markets, Weather

World weather worth watching as winter hits Canada

By GFM Network News October 14, 2015

CNS Canada –– Harvest is wrapping up in Western Canada, but seeding is just starting in other parts of the world. Here are a few of the top market influencers traders and farmers are watching heading into winter. El Nino in the Southern Hemisphere – The Southern Hemisphere is starting its wheat growing season, said […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulses: Sask. harvest wraps, El Nino hits Australia

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 9, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday morning, Oct. 9. • Peas and lentils are both 99 per cent combined in Saskatchewan, according to the latest provincial report. Lentil yields are averaging 1,279 lbs./ac., which compares with 1,371 in 2014. Peas averaged 32 bu./ac., also […] Read more

GFM Network News

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Market life after the USDA report

First La Nina since 2012 expected in coming months

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino conditions weakening

U.S. grain shippers await El Nino dryness after unseasonable flood

El Nino seen declining, to return to neutral by Q2

El Nino strengthening, to be among biggest on record: WMO

Cereals North America: Shift to La Nina may hurt yields

U.S. winter weather to see El Nino’s influence

World weather worth watching as winter hits Canada

Pulses: Sask. harvest wraps, El Nino hits Australia

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