Insights and Stories on Weather

Low grasshopper risk seen on Prairies

Jan. 31, 2013 at 1:46 pm CST

Grasshopper forecasts from the three Prairie provinces over the past month show a relatively low risk of grasshoppers across most crop areas for the upcoming season. The grasshopper maps from the three provincial agriculture ministries are based on counts of adult grasshoppers in the summer of 2012, weather data and […]

U.S. drought to impact early summer weather on Prairies

Jan. 30, 2013 at 5:31 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. live cattle futures wilt as cash disappoints

Jan. 30, 2013 at 5:07 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. corn, soy top one-month highs on Argentina dryness

Jan. 30, 2013 at 5:00 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Dryness threatens Argentine crops, lifts U.S. grains

Jan. 28, 2013 at 5:47 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Beef code of practice open to comment until March

Jan. 22, 2013 at 1:47 pm CST

Ranchers, farmers and consumers are all able to have their say until March 8 on the proposed Canadian code of practice for care and handling of beef cattle. The public comment period opened earlier this month on the draft code, which can be viewed online with an option to submit comments. […]

Ont. fruit growers backed to plan against future frosts

Jan. 21, 2013 at 6:34 pm CST

Ontario fruit growers hit by frost in 2012 will be able to get federal/provincial funds to help map out strategies against such damage in the future. Up to $2 million will go to produce workbooks expected to help producers develop their own risk mitigation strategies for adverse weather. The workbooks […]

Hort-crop fungicide includes new mode of action

Jan. 20, 2013 at 1:22 am CST

A new dual-action fungicide, for use against late blight and downy mildew in potatoes, grapes, hops and other assorted fruits and vegetables, will mark the launch of an entirely new fungicide group on the market. BASf Canada on Monday announced it had picked up regulatory approval for Zampro, combining dimethomorph […]

Three-action cereal seed treatment cleared for spring

Jan. 18, 2013 at 1:57 pm CST

A new cereal seed treatment with three modes of action against various seed-, soil-borne and seedling diseases has picked up approval for release this spring. BASF Canada announced registration Wednesday with Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency for Insure Cereal seed treatment, combining pyraclostrobin (Group 11), triticonazole (Group 3) and […]

Prairie winter moisture conditions looking good

Jan. 12, 2013 at 6:11 am CST

A good portion of the Prairies is seeing above-average precipitation and snow pack levels in the early part of the winter season, which should bode well for the 2013 crop, according to a government climate analyst. Trevor Hadwen, a specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s AgroClimate service in Regina, said […]

By Terryn Shiells