Insights and Stories on Weather

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 […]

Alta. assessing crop damage, other Prairie crops progressing

Jun. 25, 2013 at 4:29 pm CDT

By FBC staff

U.S. soybeans rise on tight supplies, firm cash markets

Jun. 25, 2013 at 3:58 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

No surprises in StatsCan’s acreage count

Jun. 25, 2013 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Good crop weather pressures U.S. corn, soy

Jun. 24, 2013 at 6:12 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Monsanto to spend $100M on Prairie corn over 10 years

Jun. 24, 2013 at 6:02 pm CDT

Seed developer Monsanto said on Monday it will spend $100 million over the next 10 years on breeding corn for Western Canada — a move it said might change the crop makeup in a fertile region that produces big harvests of spring wheat and canola. Monsanto said it would focus […]

By Rod Nickel

McMillan: Localized downpours plague parts of Prairies

Jun. 24, 2013 at 5:44 pm CDT

It’s been an average year for rainfall in agricultural Western Canada so far this year — or at least that’s what you might conclude from looking at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s “Drought Watch” map showing precipitation since April 1. But average doesn’t count when most of the rain comes in […]

By stuart-mcmillan

Cargill’s High River beef plant resuming operations

Jun. 24, 2013 at 5:19 pm CDT

One of Canada’s biggest beef packing plants, just north of the flood-battered town of High River, Alta., expects to be reopened and running nearer to its full capacity on Tuesday (June 25). The Canadian arm of U.S. agrifood giant Cargill said Monday the beef fabrication, trim and grind, rendering, cooler, […]

In pictures: Southern Alberta in deep

Jun. 24, 2013 at 3:40 pm CDT

Farms and ranches were submerged across southern Alberta, when relentless rains flooded creeks that spilled their banks. It will be some time before the exact extent of the damage and impact on agricultural areas is known. This farm, shown here on June 20, is near the hamlet of Millarville in southern Alberta. (Wendy Dudley photo)…

Klassen: Heavy rains slow feeder cattle movement

Jun. 23, 2013 at 12:55 pm CDT

Heavy rains over the past week in southern Alberta caused most major feedlot operators to halt purchases of replacement cattle. Therefore, the market had a softer tone despite lower volumes coming on the market. Cost per pound gain can increase by 10 to 15 per cent when pen conditions deteriorate, […]

By Jerry Klassen