Insights and Stories on Weather

Ont. panel to study crop pesticide management for bee health

Jul. 10, 2013 at 5:06 am CDT

Faced with beekeepers demanding a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, and crop growers bent on keeping those products available, the Ontario government hopes a new “cross-industry” panel on bee health will find some middle ground. The province on Tuesday announced the formation of a Bee Health Working Group, which it said […]

McMillan: U.S. wheat harvest behind the curve

Jul. 9, 2013 at 4:52 pm CDT

By stuart-mcmillan

U.S. corn, soybeans climb on Midwest weather jitters

Jul. 9, 2013 at 4:32 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Corn, soy higher on worries about late-July U.S. weather

Jul. 8, 2013 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Oat prices could move lower due to high acreage

Jul. 6, 2013 at 11:11 am CDT

By Brandon Logan

McMillan: Prairie flax acres rise, shift

Jul. 5, 2013 at 4:58 pm CDT

It may have fallen short of the initial estimates for this year, but flax has seen its first increase in acreage since 2010. Initial estimates by Statistics Canada in its April seeding intentions repor saw farmers indicate they may seed 1.24 million acres. However, based on the June 25 Field […]

By stuart-mcmillan

Moisture boosts risk of sclerotinia stem rot: Canola Council

Jul. 4, 2013 at 7:15 pm CDT

Moisture in the canola canopy — before, during and after flowering — promotes the sclerotinia cycle that can produce severe sclerotinia stem rot infection in crops. Sclerotinia stem rot is the most common and costly disease of canola on the Canadian Prairies, and its severity is directly related to moisture. […]

Weevils, grasshoppers on Prairie farmers’ radar

Jul. 4, 2013 at 6:22 pm CDT

As this year’s crops develop on the Prairies, several pests are growing right along with them. Cabbage seedpod weevils, grasshoppers and alfalfa weevils are all on farmers’ radar right now — and wheat midge may be, soon. Here’s a look at the insect situation across the Prairies: Cabbage seedpod weevils […]

By Lisa Guenther

Canola rangebound, watching weather and soybeans

Jul. 4, 2013 at 6:18 am CDT

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were lower during the week ending Wednesday, as relatively favourable Canadian crop conditions and a combination of bearish outside market influences weighed on values. Prices neared the low end of their well established trading range and found some support, as activity slowed down ahead of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. wheat up one per cent as China buys

Jul. 3, 2013 at 4:36 pm CDT

U.S. wheat rose over one per cent on Wednesday, posting its best advance in two weeks on reports that China bought large quantities of wheat from Australia and the U.S. Wheat also traded higher on a bargain buying spree, after a series of eight consecutive daily losses drove the market […]

By Sam Nelson