Insights and Stories on Weather

Weather damages canaryseed crops

Sep. 15, 2012 at 9:43 am CDT

Canaryseed production in Canada will most likely be down for 2012-13 because adverse weather has damaged some crops, an industry official said. Statistics Canada estimated canaryseed production to be at 146,400 tonnes for 2012-13, but that number is expected to be lower because of damaging weather. Canadian canaryseed production totaled […]

Wind scatters Prairie canola, wheat crops

Sep. 13, 2012 at 5:41 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Canadian corn, soy may help backfill a bit of U.S. demand

Sep. 13, 2012 at 4:41 am CDT

By Rod Nickel

USDA finds drought hurt world’s crops less than feared

Sep. 12, 2012 at 6:05 pm CDT

By Charles Abbott

Yields seen disappointing as Alta. harvest continues

Sep. 12, 2012 at 9:05 am CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Prairie frost coming, but little crop damage expected

Sep. 11, 2012 at 11:13 pm CDT

Freezing temperatures look to arrive this week across parts of Western Canada, but steady harvest progress has left few of farmers’ crops vulnerable to damage, industry officials say. The first significant frost often hits the Prairie provinces by mid-September, but temperatures have only dipped slightly below freezing overnight so far, […]

By Rod Nickel

Soil conservationist, senator Herb Sparrow, 82

Sep. 11, 2012 at 1:10 pm CDT

Funeral services will be held Friday (Sept. 14) in North Battleford, Sask. for a Prairie farmer who became one of Canada’s preeminent soil conservation advocates. Herbert Sparrow, a North Battleford-area farmer and businessman who was appointed to Canada’s Senate in 1968 by then-Prime Minister Lester Pearson, died Sept. 6 at […]

U.S. soybeans drop on profit-taking, recent rains

Sep. 7, 2012 at 5:59 pm CDT

Soybean futures fell for a third straight day on Friday and snapped a five-week winning streak, as investors banked profits and recent rains in the farm belt looked set to help some of the crop recover from the worst drought in half a century. A lower-than-expected U.S. production forecast from […]

By Karl Plume

StatsCan expected to confirm tight canola stocks

Sep. 6, 2012 at 5:43 pm CDT

Statistics Canada will release its grain and oilseed stocks in all positions report on Friday, which will help finalize supply/demand tables for crops produced during 2011-12. Market participants will be looking to see if there have been any adjustments to production by the government agency, and how tight canola stocks […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Prairie wheat high in protein, but supplies plentiful

Sep. 4, 2012 at 6:13 pm CDT

Western Canadian farmers are harvesting a spring wheat crop that looks to be well above average in protein content, but they are unlikely to command much of the usual premium this autumn due to abundant supplies, analysts say. After two years of flooding, Western Canada is set to produce its […]

By Rod Nickel