Insights and Stories on Weather

Prairie broadleaf herbicides cleared for aerial use

Mar. 19, 2013 at 11:05 am CDT

If this spring should turn muddy, any cereal growers who may not be able to get at broadleaf weeds with a ground sprayer will have three additional Group 4 options for an aerial strike. Dow AgroSciences announced last week it has picked up registrations for aerial use of Prestige XC, […]

Spring moisture looking good for Prairie forage

Mar. 15, 2013 at 3:56 am CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Spring load limits to slow grain movement on Prairie roads

Mar. 12, 2013 at 4:27 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

HayEast’s government funding expires

Mar. 8, 2013 at 5:02 pm CST

U.S. wheat, new-crop corn drop as weather improves

Mar. 7, 2013 at 10:10 am CST

By Tom Polansek

Panel identifies gaps in ag water management

Mar. 4, 2013 at 5:28 pm CST

An expert panel convened by the Council of Canadian Academies is urging more research into the potential impact of climate change on water available for agriculture. In a newly released report commissioned by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the panel concludes that water and land resources in Canada can be more […]

Mississippi River rock removal project completed

Mar. 1, 2013 at 5:41 pm CST

Barge shipping on the middle Mississippi River returned to normal on Thursday for the first time since December as rain and snowmelt revived the drought-hit waterway and government engineers completed a two-month riverbed rock removal project. The worst U.S. drought in a half century sapped the major shipping artery and […]

Manitoba may see ‘minor to moderate’ flooding

Mar. 1, 2013 at 5:41 pm CST

Manitoba’s preliminary spring flood outlook for 2013 suggests a possible risk of "minor to moderate" flooding along the Red, Souris, Pembina and Assiniboine Rivers and in the province’s Interlake region. Above-average snowpack with high moisture content in many parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota have increased the potential for […]

Canadian farms’ 2012 net income to hit record

Mar. 1, 2013 at 5:40 pm CST

Gauging farmers’ receipts against rising expenses, the federal ag department’s latest forecasts of farm net incomes point to "record" levels in 2012 and "continued strong" levels in 2013. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Wednesday released his ministry’s farm income forecast and medium-term outlook for the ag sector, noting a 2012 […]

Weather puts Black Sea on course to restore grain output

Feb. 27, 2013 at 7:35 pm CST

Favourable weather is likely to help the Black Sea region’s three top grain producers — Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan — restore grain output this year after a shattering fall in 2012, analysts and officials said. Russia, usually one of the world’s top wheat exporters, was hit by drought last year, […]

By Pavel Polityuk Polina Devitt