Insights and Stories on Weather

May. 4, 2012 at 5:00 am CDT

What once appeared to be an early spring has gradually shifted to a more normal planting season across most of southern Ontario. At the bi-weekly meeting of certified crop advisors (CCAs) and provincial ag ministry personnel in Exeter, there was notable relief coming from reports of the percentages of corn […]

By Ralph Pearce

Apr. 27, 2012 at 6:14 pm CDT

Seeding is semi-officially underway in Saskatchewan as farmers in some southern areas of the province have begun seeding peas and lentils in the past week. “Warm and favourable weather” has allowed field work to proceed, the provincial ag ministry said in a release Thursday. “However, the majority of producers will be […]

Apr. 27, 2012 at 1:41 pm CDT

Manitoba farmers intend to plant a record-large soybean crop again in 2012, as good returns and improved varieties have led soybeans to gain an ever-larger foothold in the province. After seeing acreage rise steadily over the past five years, soybean seedings in the province are forecast to hit 800,000 acres […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Apr. 27, 2012 at 4:42 am CDT

Manitoba’s canola growers have been served notice that a particularly noxious soil-borne disease may have arrived in their province. The provincial agriculture department, in a release Thursday, reported that soil samples taken from two unrelated fields in 2011 are now confirmed to contain traces of DNA from the clubroot pathogen […]

Apr. 25, 2012 at 3:22 am CDT

Federal rules governing irrigation channels, drainage ditches and field drains are expected to be loosened as the government moves to draw a new legal line between fish habitat and other bodies of water. Federal Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield on Tuesday announced the government’s plans to amend the Fisheries Act and […]