Insights and Stories on Weather

Aug. 28, 2012 at 6:41 pm CDT

The drought-parched Midwest farm belt in the U.S. could get up to five inches of rain from what’s now Hurricane Isaac — but it would be a mixed blessing to farmers, as the moisture will be too late for corn and soybeans but just in time for wheat planting next […]

By Sam Nelson

Aug. 28, 2012 at 6:33 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures rose on Tuesday as early weakness after Monday’s lower close gave way to short-covering amid signs of good export demand, traders said. Wheat and corn fell, their fifth straight day of declines, but trading was choppy in thin volume ahead of the Labour Day holiday. Prices for […]

By Mark Weinraub

Aug. 28, 2012 at 9:58 am CDT

Some soybean growers in Manitoba have been pushing at either end of the range of acceptable seed depth when planting. Should you vary your soybean planting depth depending on the prevailing conditions at time of planting? Farm production advisor Dennis Lange, of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives’ GO centre […]

Aug. 27, 2012 at 5:49 pm CDT

A slew of midsummer crop threats including heat, hail and bugs trimmed the potential of Canada’s record-large 2012/13 canola crop, preventing farmers from fully cashing in on high prices, industry analysts say. On Monday, Statistics Canada lowered its unofficial canola crop yield estimate based on an experimental program that analyzes […]

By Rod Nickel

Aug. 27, 2012 at 4:50 pm CDT

MAFRI has issued its weekly  Crop Report, Crop Management Update and Crop Weather reports for Aug. 27. Full text is posted alongside. Weekly summary • Harvest of spring cereals is approximately 65% complete in the Southwest Region, 50% complete in the Northwest Region, 95% complete in the Central Region, 100% […]