Insights and Stories on Weather

Jul. 12, 2012 at 8:38 pm CDT

A heat wave this week across Western Canada’s canola and grain belt has moderated slightly, and rains forecast into next week should sprinkle some relief onto stressed crops, an agricultural meteorologist said. Temperatures that were forecast to reach around 35 C by midweek came in slightly cooler in some areas, […]

By Rod Nickel

Jul. 12, 2012 at 8:29 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures rose four per cent on Thursday to resume a drought-fueled bull run after forecasts for rain in parts of the Midwest were considered to be too little to reverse the worst conditions for the crop in some 25 years. These rains, however, could benefit soybeans, which enter […]

By Karl Plume

Jul. 12, 2012 at 9:20 am CDT

The development of winter wheat crops in Western Canada is as much as two to three weeks ahead of schedule and could be harvested in Manitoba as early as next week. Suitable growing conditions and diligent spraying efforts have supported crop development, according to two wheat experts. Western Canada’s winter […]

By ryan-kessler

Jul. 11, 2012 at 5:19 pm CDT

Corn futures tumbled Wednesday on profit-taking and as updated forecasts called for rain in the drought-parched eastern U.S. Midwest, erasing gains of nearly three per cent earlier. Soybeans fell as corn spiralled lower, both shrugging off early gains from bullish government estimates for a lower-than-anticipated U.S. crop and tighter stocks. […]

By Karl Plume

Jul. 11, 2012 at 6:33 am CDT

Health Canada plans its own primary research to paint “a more complete picture” of the potential health impacts on rural Canadians from life near wind turbine farms. The federal department on Tuesday announced it will work with Statistics Canada on a new peer-reviewed study, for completion sometime in 2014, on […]