Insights and Stories on Weather

Ont. crop tour uncovers variability in corn and soybeans

Aug. 27, 2012 at 12:25 pm CDT

For most of the 2012 growing season, the term "variability" has been the subject of conversations between growers and agronomists, almost as much as "near-drought conditions." During the recent Great Lakes Grain Crop Assessment tour, a group of agronomists with Agris Co-operative and FS Partners saw first-hand the effects of […]

StatsCan finds heat, disease hitting canola output

Aug. 22, 2012 at 12:26 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Ontario’s ‘FIT 2.0’ tightens limits on farmland projects

Aug. 21, 2012 at 6:50 pm CDT

Large canola crop anticipated in StatsCan report

Aug. 21, 2012 at 5:43 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Glencore sees opportunities in U.S. drought

Aug. 21, 2012 at 5:13 pm CDT

By eric-onstad

U.S. soy hits new peak, corn rallies on drought damage

Aug. 21, 2012 at 4:45 pm CDT

Soybeans rallied nearly three per cent Tuesday to hit another peak, while corn rose nearly two per cent on evidence of decimated crops amid the worst drought in half a century and a need to temper demand through even higher prices. Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of […]

By kt-arasu

VIDEO: How early should you seed soybeans?

Aug. 21, 2012 at 12:41 pm CDT

Following an early spring such as this year’s, soybean growers in Manitoba may wonder whether there’s anything to be gained in planting their crops earlier, rather than waiting for the soil to get closer to optimum temperature. Dennis Lange of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives considered that topic among […]

Balkan drought highlights years of farm neglect

Aug. 20, 2012 at 5:01 pm CDT

As crops wilt and die in the Balkans, farmers struck down by a particularly harsh drought this year are rueing the region’s failure to upgrade irrigation networks and invest in a long-term agricultural strategy. Hot, dry weather in eastern and southern Europe has piled pressure on world grain markets already […]

By daria-sitosucic

VIDEO: How early is too early to seed canola?

Aug. 20, 2012 at 3:51 pm CDT

A few Manitoba canola growers could, and did, get out on their fields and start seeding as early as March. Whether the reward has outweighed the risk is up for debate. Anastasia Kubinec of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives considered that topic among others at the Crop Diagnostic School, […]

U.S. wheat up, again, on Russian crop worries

Aug. 18, 2012 at 2:37 pm CDT

U.S. wheat rose for the third straight session on Friday on fears of tightening global supplies and expectations of a curb on exports from the Black Sea region. Soybeans advanced on strong cash markets and talk of continued export demand. Corn was nearly unchanged, underpinned by tight supplies following this […]

By Julie Ingwersen