Insights and Stories on Weather

Spring moisture looking good for Prairie forage

Mar. 15, 2013 at 3:56 am CDT

Farmers across Western Canada are optimistic about forage crop production this spring, as moisture conditions look good in all three Prairie provinces, according to industry officials. Though soil conditions were fairly dry ahead of winter freeze-up across some areas in Western Canada, snow cover this winter has been very good, […]

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

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

U.S. live cattle futures hit month peak as beef trimmed

Feb. 27, 2013 at 5:06 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures rose for the fifth consecutive trading session on Wednesday, gaining nearly one per cent to a month high on reduced beef tonnage following winter storms in the U.S. Plains that slashed feedlot cattle weight gains, traders and analysts said. "They’re thinking cash cattle […]

By Sam Nelson