Insights and Stories on Weather

Dec. 23, 2012 at 1:25 pm CST

Hope for a cold winter this year to knock back aster yellows, loosen up your canola rotations to avoid blackleg, and pick your pulse cultivars with disease resistance in mind. Those were three key pieces of advice offered by plant pathologist Michael Harding at Alberta Pulse Growers’ recent meeting. Aster […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Dec. 20, 2012 at 7:05 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures fell for the third day in a row on Thursday, dropping two per cent to their lowest level in nearly a month due to a new cancellation of an export deal with China, the world’s top buyer of the oilseed, traders said. Corn futures dropped one per […]

By Mark Weinraub

Dec. 18, 2012 at 7:09 pm CST

U.S. live cattle futures turned lower as investors took profits while waiting for this week’s cash cattle trade to develop, said analysts and brokers. Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle traders looked to the cash cattle market for direction after factoring in the arrival of a snowstorm in parts of the […]

By Theopolis Waters

Dec. 18, 2012 at 7:03 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures dropped two per cent on Tuesday, their biggest daily decline in more than a month, due to China’s decision to cancel a purchase of 300,000 tonnes of U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn prices also fell, dragged lower by the weakness in soybeans and low demand from end […]

By Mark Weinraub

Dec. 18, 2012 at 2:53 pm CST

Updated, Dec. 18 — This summer’s disappearance of six million pounds of Quebec maple syrup from the province’s “strategic reserve” has led to charges against three people, with more arrests pending. Quebec’s provincial police, la Surete du Quebec, said Richard Vallieres of Loretteville, Avik Caron of St. Wenceslas and an […]