Insights and Stories on Weather

Aug. 15, 2013 at 1:30 pm CDT

Increased disease prevention by Alberta farmers has yield outlooks looking above-average for some of the province’s biggest crops, according to provincial crop specialist Neil Whatley. “Wheat and canola crops around the province are pretty much good-to-excellent in condition and receiving favourable growing conditions,” said Whatley, who’s based at the provincial […]

By Brandon Logan

Aug. 15, 2013 at 11:39 am CDT

Winter wheat harvest has begun in the eastern Prairies: Progress ranges from 25 to 30 per cent complete in eastern Manitoba, while in western Manitoba, and across Saskatchewan, the crop is ripening and will soon be ready for harvest. Following a late start to spring and a cool summer, winter […]

By stuart-mcmillan

Aug. 14, 2013 at 2:58 pm CDT

U.S. soybean rose for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, and corn rebounded from steep losses the previous session as weather forecasts for the Midwest turned drier, threatening yields for the developing crops. Autumn-harvest soybean prices tested Tuesday’s 2-1/2-week high while corn rebounded from the sharpest drop in six weeks […]

By Karl Plume

Aug. 13, 2013 at 6:23 pm CDT

Russia’s wheat export prices rose last week thanks to healthy demand from foreign importers and poor weather slowing the country’s harvesting campaign, according to analysts. Russia, one of the world’s leading wheat exporters, had harvested 33.4 million tonnes of wheat from 44 per cent of its planted area as of […]

Aug. 13, 2013 at 5:39 pm CDT

The balance book for the U.S. wheat crop as a whole was largely unchanged in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest crop production report on Monday — but within its wheat classes, expectations for U.S. durum showed a significant change. U.S. durum saw the greatest change on a percentage basis […]

By stuart-mcmillan