Insights and Stories on Weather

USDA predicts record acreage to corn

Mar. 31, 2012 at 11:30 pm CDT

Farmers in the United States are expected to plant more acres to corn in 2012 than any year since 1937. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) on Friday released its Prospective Plantings report, pegging expected U.S. corn acres in 2012 at 95.9 million, up four per […]

Recent Prairie rainfall good news for farmers

Mar. 31, 2012 at 10:30 pm CDT

By Adam Johnston

Ontario to cap funding for RMPs

Mar. 28, 2012 at 4:10 am CDT

U.S. agronomists see little gain in early corn planting

Mar. 27, 2012 at 3:45 pm CDT

Weather has Ont. growers heading to the fields

Mar. 22, 2012 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Ralph Pearce

Near-term supply issues boost wheat in CWB PROs

Mar. 22, 2012 at 5:26 pm CDT

A slip in wheat exports from the Black Sea region has boosted nearby international values for wheat and goosed the CWB’s latest pool return outlook (PRO). "Winter weather and tightening supplies" were blamed for the drop in Black Sea exports, which could only be partially filled by wheat from Argentina […]

Manitoba allows early-spring fertilizing

Mar. 21, 2012 at 3:46 pm CDT

Given the region’s weirdly warm March weather, southern Manitoba farmers now have a one-time break from the provincial rule banning spring fertilizer applications before April 10. The provincial conservation and water stewardship ministries said Tuesday they would temporarily lift the restriction effective immediately, three weeks earlier than normal. The province […]

Prairie seeding still a month away

Mar. 20, 2012 at 11:31 pm CDT

Warm and dry weather conditions seen across Western Canada this winter may be leading to some talk of an earlier-than-normal start to spring seeding. However, crop specialists in the three Prairie provinces say weather over the next month will play a key role in determining when producers actually get out […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ont. winter wheat breaking dormancy early

Mar. 16, 2012 at 4:56 am CDT

Warmer-than-normal temperatures in Ontario are reported to have helped the winter wheat crop in the province break dormancy earlier than usual. "There is certainly some wheat green up with growth dependent on the region of the province," said Peter Johnson, a cereals specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture. However, […]

By Dwayne Klassen

European rapeseed problems support canola

Mar. 7, 2012 at 6:31 pm CST

Adverse weather conditions in Europe this winter will likely cut into rapeseed production in the region, which would provide some indirect support for the Canadian canola market. "Any loss in Europe would tighten up world supplies… which would support our prices," said Chris Beckman, oilseed analyst with Agriculture and Agri-Food […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin