Insights and Stories on Weather

Oct. 15, 2012 at 6:00 pm CDT

The early harvest of grain and oilseed crops in Western Canada allowed for increased seeding of winter wheat and for the crop to get off to a good start, according to industry participants. "The opportunity to increase the seeded area to winter wheat on the Canadian Prairies was there this […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Oct. 11, 2012 at 7:02 pm CDT

A Montreal "urban farming" business says it’s raised the funds it needs to expand its rooftop acreage in that city and expand its projects into Toronto and the U.S. Les Fermes Lufa, which operates what it calls the "world’s first rooftop commercial farm" in Montreal, said Tuesday it’s completed a […]

Oct. 11, 2012 at 5:30 pm CDT

Fields across Western Canada are in desperate need of some precipitation ahead of winter freeze-up, and time is running out. Bruce Burnett, weather analyst with CWB in Winnipeg, said there are only a few weeks before the ground starts to freeze. Depending on the year, winter freeze-up usually occurs sometime […]

By Terryn Shiells

Oct. 11, 2012 at 5:10 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures surged five per cent to a three-week high on Thursday after the U.S. Agriculture Department slashed its forecast for global ending stocks and estimated the drought-plagued U.S. crop will be the smallest in six years. The government narrowly increased the number of U.S.-harvested corn acres, keeping the […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Oct. 9, 2012 at 5:57 am CDT

Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov on Tuesday again ruled out the imposition of any grain export restrictions following this year’s poor harvest. "I am a categorical opponent of any such restrictions, and this position is good for the country," Fyodorov told a news conference on the current harvest campaign, which […]