Insights and Stories on Weather

High River to resume cattle slaughter Wednesday

Jul. 2, 2013 at 6:01 pm CDT

Cargill plans to resume harvesting of cattle Wednesday (July 3) at its beef slaughter and processing plant — one of Canada’s largest — at flood-battered High River, Alta. The news comes as local and provincial authorities assess residential and commercial buildings and re-open parts of the community to public access. […]

Klassen: Cattle market digests StatsCan, USDA reports

Jun. 30, 2013 at 1:33 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

McMillan: Soggy spring leaves U.S. durum unsown

Jun. 30, 2013 at 12:55 am CDT

By stuart-mcmillan

Alberta’s farms escape worst of flooding

Jun. 29, 2013 at 5:09 am CDT

By victoria-paterson

Fall-harvest corn plunges as USDA shocks with acres jump

Jun. 29, 2013 at 1:30 am CDT

By Karl Plume

New-crop U.S. corn down for sixth straight day on good weather

Jun. 27, 2013 at 8:54 pm CDT

U.S. futures for corn delivered after the autumn harvest fell one per cent on Thursday, the sixth consecutive decline, as favourable weather across the U.S. Corn Belt should help the newly sown crop. Wet weather, which had delayed spring planting of corn, was now being viewed as positive for crop […]

By Karl Plume

High River beef plant back offline

Jun. 26, 2013 at 6:17 pm CDT

Undamaged by the floods that swamped its community, one of Canada’s largest beef packing plants is now back offline until water service is restored. Cargill, which employs about 2,000 people at its slaughter and processing plant just north of flood-battered High River, Alta., had resumed production briefly this week to […]

CropChatter: How does ‘floppy corn’ happen?

Jun. 26, 2013 at 2:32 pm CDT

A few cases of “floppy corn” have been reported in various areas of Manitoba. What is this condition — and why does it happen? The Manitoba CropChatter website also touches on what can be done to help affected plants recover. CropChatter is a forum where farmers and public and private […]

Guenther: Rush at seeding left less-than-ideal crop treatment window

Jun. 26, 2013 at 2:10 pm CDT

Whether cereal growers plan to treat for leaf disease or fusarium head blight, fungicide timing is essential — but this spring, in which many acres were seeded in a very short stretch, complicates matters. Kristina Polziehn, technical specialist with BASF, says farmers in such a situation with a lot of […]

By Lisa Guenther

Late spring seen weighing on Prairie farmland demand

Jun. 25, 2013 at 5:38 pm CDT

Demand from Prairie farmers looking to add to their individual land bases was curbed by a late spring — but farmland prices were still up, according to real estate agents specializing in the field. “There is desire from farmers to add land, but weather conditions levelled off that demand,” said […]

By Brandon Logan