Insights and Stories on Weather

Prairie wheat bids strengthen with weather concerns

May. 14, 2013 at 5:48 am CDT

Cash bids for Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat across Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Monday, as concerns over yield losses for the U.S. winter wheat crop and seeding delays in the northern U.S. and Canada provided support. Average spot bids for 13.5 per cent CWRS across […]

Guenther: Decisions to be made on spring weed control

May. 14, 2013 at 5:17 am CDT

By Lisa Guenther

Guenther: Evaluate cattle, protect pasture this spring

May. 10, 2013 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

McMillan: Corn production set to soar

May. 10, 2013 at 3:20 pm CDT

By stuart-mcmillan

Alta. farmers near ready for seeding

May. 9, 2013 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

U.S. corn, soy, wheat mostly lower on planting outlook

May. 8, 2013 at 4:45 pm CDT

U.S. grain and soy futures closed mostly lower on Wednesday as farmers geared up for what’s expected to be their best stretch of planting this spring. Forecasts for dry weather in the U.S. Midwest bolstered hopes that growers will be able to push planting back on schedule after damp field […]

By Mark Weinraub

OSCIA: Weather key in N recommendations for high-yield corn

May. 8, 2013 at 12:18 am CDT

Weather can make a big difference in the amount of nitrogen recommended for growing high-yielding corn. This is part of preliminary findings from a project led by corn specialist Greg Stewart of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Guelph, which is evaluating Ontario’s corn nitrogen calculator to determine […]

By Lilian Schaer

CP to speed up Prairie track ‘enhancements’

May. 7, 2013 at 4:20 pm CDT

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has pledged up to an extra $100 million to its previously planned capital budget for track “enhancements” in its Prairie network. CP’s addition to the $1.1 billion capital spending plan it announced in December for the 2013 fiscal year follows a similar move by rival Canadian […]

Prairie seeding outlook improves with heat

May. 7, 2013 at 2:57 pm CDT

Warm, dry weather has greatly reduced fears of delayed planting due to flooding in Western Canada. In the biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, Saskatchewan, seeding of durum and peas is getting underway this week in the southwest, with the pace expected to quickly pick up in other areas as the […]

U.S. corn ticks higher after biggest decline in five weeks

May. 7, 2013 at 2:42 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures turned higher on Tuesday in a recovery bounce after their biggest plunge in five weeks on Monday as U.S. farmers struggle to plant corn in muddy fields. The pace of corn planting is the slowest pace in 29 years, a bullish market factor […]

By Sam Nelson