Insights and Stories on Weather

McMillan: Prairie crop insect pressure light, so far

May. 18, 2013 at 9:52 am CDT

With warming weather come weeds and pests. So far insect pest numbers on the agricultural Prairies have been light — although that can change quickly. “Given the late spring, no hot issues have popped up yet.” said Brent Flaten, integrated pest management specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in Moose Jaw. During […]

New alliance to focus wheat research in Saskatoon

May. 18, 2013 at 1:35 am CDT

By Laura Rance-Unger

Pearce: Ruling over Ont. wind farm does more to confuse

May. 17, 2013 at 4:28 am CDT

By Ralph Pearce

Guenther: For problem fields, diagnosis in the details

May. 17, 2013 at 4:05 am CDT

By Lisa Guenther

Sask. warns on grass fire risk

May. 17, 2013 at 3:34 am CDT

By Lisa Guenther

McMillan: Aim high on seeding density, canola expert says

May. 16, 2013 at 5:28 pm CDT

Seeding is now active across most of the Prairies, but is running one to three weeks behind normal, leaving farmers eager to get seed in the ground as soon as possible. It pays to ensure the job is done right the first time. Autumn Holmes-Saltzman, agronomy specialist with the Canola […]

By stuart-mcmillan

Alta. growers catching up on seeding

May. 16, 2013 at 4:36 pm CDT

Producers across Alberta are thoroughly taking advantage of warm, dry mid-May weather to catch up on seeding. The first provincial crop report was issued May 6, and at that time, less than three per cent of the province had been seeded, with the southern region being the most advanced at […]

By victoria-paterson

U.S. corn falls as crop prospects improve

May. 16, 2013 at 4:18 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures fell 1.4 per cent on Thursday on optimism over seeding progress and prospects for the new crop, while soybeans rose on tight U.S. supplies, traders said. Wheat fell on technical selling and seasonal pressure as the U.S. harvest neared, with the Chicago Board of Trade July contract […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Pearce: Warmer Ont. weather opens window to plant

May. 14, 2013 at 5:44 pm CDT

Two weeks ago, the word on corn planting in southern Ontario was so limited it wasn’t even expressed as a percentage, just as “a few acres” in the immediate area. The biweekly meeting of certified crop advisors and provincial ministry staff, held near Exeter, north of London, was more focussed […]

By Ralph Pearce

Corn lower as U.S. planting weather improves

May. 14, 2013 at 5:15 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures fell on Tuesday on profit-taking and expectations that U.S. farmers will make significant planting progress this week, traders said. “There is some optimism with planting progress,” said Ken Smithmier, analyst at the Hightower Report in Chicago. “We have a well-advertised storm system moving […]

By Julie Ingwersen