Insights and Stories on Weather

Disease, heat take toll on Canada’s canola, wheat

Aug. 14, 2012 at 9:26 am CDT

Crop disease has taken some of the upside off what may still be a record-large Canadian canola crop, while prospects for spring wheat are promising, as Western Canada looks to be a global farm bright spot in a year marked by severe drought. Western Canadian crops survived intense summer heat […]

U.S. soy, corn slip, take breather from drought rally

Aug. 13, 2012 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Wheat disease: Is it aster yellows or fusarium?

Aug. 13, 2012 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Les Henry

Manitoba crop report – yields vary with precipitation

Aug. 13, 2012 at 4:26 pm CDT

Feeding Texas Longhorns? Canadian farmers cash in on U.S. drought

Aug. 13, 2012 at 4:41 am CDT

By Rod Nickel

Crop management website coming for Man. farmers

Aug. 10, 2012 at 7:10 pm CDT

Manitoba farmers can get ready to visit a website providing free crop-management advice from some of the province’s top agronomists. CropChatter.com, due to launch Monday, is hosted by Farm Business Communications, publisher of the Manitoba Co-operator, with co-operation from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. MAFRI crops branch staff will […]

Weather to favour late Black Sea crops

Aug. 10, 2012 at 6:28 pm CDT

Mild temperatures and rain early next week are likely to partially restore grain yields in part of the Black Sea region, forecasters said on Friday, raising hopes for stronger crops and exports from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Wheat production from the three Black Sea-region producing countries, which normally supply a […]

By Polina Devitt

El Nino emerges, raising fears over food prices

Aug. 10, 2012 at 6:17 pm CDT

An El Nino weather pattern is underway and will last until winter, Japan said on Friday, foreshadowing disruptive conditions that could harm crops from Australia to India at a time of rising fears about global food supplies. Corn prices have surged more than 60 per cent in the past two […]

By risa-maeda

U.S. corn backs off record high, drought rally pauses

Aug. 10, 2012 at 5:06 pm CDT

Corn futures set an all-time high Friday as the U.S. government slashed the size of the crop in the world’s top grain exporter, but the market closed lower as demand was scaled back after a drought drove prices to record peaks. Despite the 1.8 per cent drop on the day, […]

By kt-arasu

U.S. sow slaughter hits eight-month high amid drought

Aug. 9, 2012 at 6:06 pm CDT

The number of sows slaughtered last week rose to the highest level in eight months, U.S. government data showed on Thursday, underscoring farmers’ rush to liquidate their herds due to rising feed costs caused by the worst drought in 56 years. The rush to slaughter could bode well for consumers […]

By Theopolis Waters