Insights and Stories on Weather

B.C. greenhouse growers get permanent carbon tax break

Apr. 10, 2013 at 9:14 am CDT

British Columbia’s greenhouse growers will now get a permanent exemption from the bulk of the province’s carbon tax on their natural gas and propane use — with a similar break expected to follow for farm fuels. Telegraphed in the provincial budget in February, the new exemption announced Tuesday will come […]

Satellite’s crop monitoring days may be over

Apr. 10, 2013 at 1:15 am CDT

First fusarium-resistant spring wheat now in pipeline

Apr. 8, 2013 at 9:00 am CDT

By Allan Dawson

Snow-covered fields likely to push back Prairie seeding

Apr. 8, 2013 at 9:00 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Strong flax prices may not encourage acres

Apr. 8, 2013 at 9:00 am CDT

By Terryn Shiells

CFIA dials down anthrax response

Apr. 8, 2013 at 9:00 am CDT

Any Canadian farmers who lose livestock to anthrax infections this summer can now expect much less federal intervention or support when they report their losses. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced in August last year that it will no longer investigate or quarantine anthrax-infected premises, collect or submit samples for […]

Canola futures watching soybeans, weather

Apr. 5, 2013 at 8:49 am CDT

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts dropped sharply during the week ended April 3, backing away from nearby highs as a downturn in the Chicago soy complex spilled over to weigh on values. The canola market is expected to continue to take its direction from soybeans, although relatively supportive fundamentals should […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. wheat jumps as dry weather prompts short-covering

Apr. 4, 2013 at 8:31 am CDT

Chicago Board of Trade wheat jumped 3.8 per cent Wednesday, its biggest daily rise in six months, as concern about poor U.S. crop weather and expectations of strong global demand for U.S. supplies sparked a flurry of fund short-covering, traders said. Corn edged higher in choppy trade, stabilizing after three […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Third Sask. field joins clubroot club

Apr. 3, 2013 at 9:17 am CDT

Saskatchewan’s canola growers have been warned to seed with care as a canola field in west-central Saskatchewan has been confirmed as the third in the province to have clubroot. SaskCanola, the province’s canola development commission, announced Tuesday it had received confirmation from the provincial ag ministry of the new finding, […]

U.S. corn takes biggest two-day fall since 1996

Apr. 2, 2013 at 8:55 am CDT

Chicago corn tumbled to its biggest two-day drop since mid-1996, touching the lowest price in nine months, as larger-than-expected U.S. stockpiles weighed down the market. Pressured by corn, Chicago wheat also registered its lowest nearby price in nine months, and soybeans touched a nearly three-month low. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Rod Nickel