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May. 23, 2013 at 12:39 pm CDT

Total U.S. farmland under drought edged lower over the week ending May 21, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor’s Thursday update. During that week, the area ranked as having no drought impact at all moved from 38.3 to 39.1 per cent, as a result of heavy rain over the northern […]

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May. 21, 2013 at 4:58 am CDT

Planting problems resume for northern U.S. farmers. In what was already a very slow start to seeding, farmers were stopped by rains so heavy that flash flood warnings were issued for southeastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. The slow-moving weather system brought heavy rains to already-saturated ground. Over the past […]

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May. 18, 2013 at 9:52 am CDT

With warming weather come weeds and pests. So far insect pest numbers on the agricultural Prairies have been light — although that can change quickly. “Given the late spring, no hot issues have popped up yet.” said Brent Flaten, integrated pest management specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in Moose Jaw. During […]

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May. 16, 2013 at 5:28 pm CDT

Seeding is now active across most of the Prairies, but is running one to three weeks behind normal, leaving farmers eager to get seed in the ground as soon as possible. It pays to ensure the job is done right the first time. Autumn Holmes-Saltzman, agronomy specialist with the Canola […]

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May. 10, 2013 at 3:20 pm CDT

The season’s first official forecast of U.S. and world crop supply and demand prospects was released Friday morning by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Typically, there are no changes in sown acreage from USDA’s March Prospective Plantings report — and this year was no different. The real interest is in […]

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