Insights and Stories on Weather

Warm August, wet fall seen for Prairies

Jul. 17, 2013 at 12:40 pm CDT

Warm, dry weather conditions in the Canadian Prairies are expected to continue during August, before making way to a wet fall, Drew Lerner, senior agriculture meteorologist with World Weather Inc. in Kansas City, said. “I think we’ll be going back into a wetter bias later in the growing season, and […]

Southwest Manitoba crops affected by storm: report

Jul. 16, 2013 at 3:08 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Alberta crops on schedule to avoid fall frosts

Jul. 16, 2013 at 3:06 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Western Canadian CWRS wheat bids down, CPRS up

Jul. 15, 2013 at 4:50 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Hail beats up southern Alberta for a second year

Jul. 15, 2013 at 3:39 pm CDT

By helen-mcmenamin

U.S. crop weather not picture-perfect, but pretty good

Jul. 15, 2013 at 3:10 pm CDT

Corn and soybean growing weather in the U.S. Midwest this week will not be ideal, but overall it should be satisfactory in most key acreage areas, agricultural meteorologists said on Monday. • Global Weather Monitoring said the forecasts were not perfect for crop-growing conditions but it also will not be […]

By Reuters

Canadian chickpea prices expected to trend downward

Jul. 15, 2013 at 2:17 pm CDT

Canadian chickpea prices are expected to move lower in the near future due to various outside factors coming from India and Pakistan, Greg Kostal, president of Kostal Ag Consulting in Winnipeg said. “The parameters have been in place for a while,” he said. “The strength in the Indian rupee has […]

By Brandon Logan

Stripe rust seen hindered in S. Alta. wheat

Jul. 14, 2013 at 12:59 am CDT

A survey of a dozen winter and spring wheat field in southern Alberta has turned up traces in two winter wheat fields, but none in spring wheat fields. A stripe rust update issued Thursday from Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development reported the finding from Dr. Denis Gaudet and his crew […]

Manitoba corn crop flourishing amid hot weather

Jul. 14, 2013 at 12:26 am CDT

Manitoba’s corn crop has been flourishing amid recent hot weather — so much so, that most of the crops are now at the average stage of development, despite being planted later than normal. “Everything is looking really, really good at this point,” said Morgan Cott, field agronomist with the Manitoba […]

By Terryn Shiells

Slumping beef demand weakens U.S. live cattle futures

Jul. 13, 2013 at 1:07 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures posted modest losses on Friday with lower wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. August live cattle closed down 0.075 cent per pound, to 121.85 cents. October ended at 126.075 cents, or 0.35 cent lower (all figures US$). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s […]

By Theopolis Waters