Insights and Stories on Weather

Jun. 27, 2012 at 5:40 pm CDT

Saskatchewan’s Farm Stress Line will shift next week to a 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week model as responsibility for the service moves to a non-profit crisis intervention agency. Mobile Crisis Services, which already provides social and health crisis and emergency intervention services in Regina on behalf of public agencies, will become the sole […]

Jun. 27, 2012 at 11:30 am CDT

Statistics Canada’s latest seeded acreage report shows a record canola area that comes as no surprise to most market participants as it fell within their expectations. "I don’t think it was a surprise that canola acres really slipped across 21 million acres," said Ron Frost, a veteran analyst with Frost […]

By Terryn Shiells

Jun. 27, 2012 at 5:44 am CDT

An early start to the growing season, combined with "relatively dry conditions" over much of southwestern Ontario, have given a quick start to development of soybean cyst nematode (SCN), the provincial ag ministry warns. Over the past two weeks, the pearl white to yellow female "cysts" have been easily found […]

Jun. 26, 2012 at 6:24 pm CDT

Forage crops in Alberta are maturing well heading into the first cut, while Manitoba’s forages suffer from excessive precipitation. Because of Alberta’s likely surplus, there could be some forage trading between the two provinces. Saskatchewan is also expecting an above-average year, according to forage crop specialists. Alberta’s forage crops have […]

Jun. 25, 2012 at 5:37 pm CDT

Statistics Canada’s latest planting survey report, due out Wednesday, is expected to show increased canola acreage compared to the agency’s April report, despite the loss of some seeded area due to heavy rains across the Prairies. "They’ll probably show higher canola acres because their survey took place prior to the […]

By Terryn Shiells