Insights and Stories on Weather

Oct. 11, 2013 at 6:08 am CDT

Quality and protein issues may limit how much of Canada’s barley crop meets malt specifications this year. Larger production overall, however, will still leave the country with more than enough malt-quality barley to meet the demand — and result in some malt barley ending up in feed channels. Premiums for […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Oct. 10, 2013 at 5:09 pm CDT

Winter wheat crops seeded in Western Canada this fall are off to a good start so far thanks to some rains seen in September and early October. “We’ve had some timely rainfall in September and some fairly mild conditions, which have helped with the establishment of the crop,” said Bruce […]

By Terryn Shiells

Oct. 8, 2013 at 2:22 pm CDT

Disaster aid will be slow to come for South Dakota ranchers who lost as many as 60,000 head of cattle during an historic blizzard over the weekend, industry officials said on Tuesday. Cattle died of hypothermia or suffocated under snowdrifts after a “perfect storm” brought rain, then record snowfall and […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Oct. 5, 2013 at 3:27 am CDT

The Prince Edward Island government plans to relocate its provincial Agricultural Insurance Corp. (AIC) head office out of Charlottetown to Kensington by the end of next week. The province said Friday it will close AIC’s Building 19 office at the federal Research Station property in Charlottetown on Wednesday (Oct. 9) […]

Oct. 4, 2013 at 5:14 pm CDT

Deducing when soybeans are ready to harvest can be a tough task for the novice soybean grower. “Driving by the field, you may think (the crop) is ready to harvest, but on closer inspection you may find plants that still look yellow to green instead of tan to brown,” Dennis […]