Insights and Stories on Weather

Cold North American spring hits Agrium’s profits

Aug. 8, 2013 at 12:27 pm CDT

Fertilizer and ag retail firm Agrium reported a fall in quarterly profit due to an unusually cold spring in North America, but said it expected strong demand for crop inputs for the rest of the year. Unseasonably cool weather in the U.S. Midwest this spring compressed the usual time period […]

U.S. soy, corn futures seen on pace for extreme lows

Aug. 7, 2013 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Brandon Logan

Canola weak, but watching weather

Aug. 7, 2013 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Bertha not yet at threshold in Alta. fields

Aug. 7, 2013 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

U.S. wheat falls with export demand, corn weak

Aug. 7, 2013 at 5:08 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

OSCIA: Managing soybean seedling diseases can cut production costs

Aug. 7, 2013 at 2:24 pm CDT

High soybean yields begin with a healthy stand of vigorous plants. Seedling diseases, along with other factors such as weather, can result in the need to replant and drive up the cost of production. A project underway in conjunction with researchers from the U.S. is determining which pathogens affect soybean […]

By Lilian Schaer

Alta. crop hail claims reported above normal

Aug. 7, 2013 at 1:40 am CDT

Hail is wreaking havoc in Alberta this summer, forcing farmers to file many more hail claims than normal to date, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association’s latest report. About 300 claims in the province stemmed from a July 20 storm that ran from Rimbey to Alix, the association said […]

By Lisa Guenther

Chicago soybeans drop, new corn slips as big harvests near

Aug. 6, 2013 at 4:09 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday to a more than one-year low, weighed down by favourable crop conditions and weather that point to a bumper harvest. Corn prices were mixed and U.S. wheat rebounded modestly after the previous day’s one-year low. “For summer crops right now, the path of least […]

By Rod Nickel

Alberta crop conditions better than average, big yields seen

Aug. 2, 2013 at 1:45 pm CDT

Alberta crop conditions are well above average, pointing to big yields, the provincial government said Friday in its most recent crop report as of July 30. * Overall crop rating was 87.5 per cent in good or excellent condition, down slightly from previous 87.6 per cent (as of July 16). […]

By Reuters

Most Saskatchewan crops in good condition: report

Aug. 1, 2013 at 4:36 pm CDT

The majority of crops in Saskatchewan were rated in good to excellent condition during the week ended July 29, a crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture said Thursday. The report noted that 84 per cent of spring wheat crops, 82 per cent of canola, 81 per cent of lentils […]

By MarketsFarm Team