Insights and Stories on Weather

Arctic bacteria eyed for salmonella vaccine in chickens

Mar. 6, 2012 at 5:10 am CST

Genes from bacteria found in Arctic waters are being studied for their use in breeding vaccines to prevent a common foodborne illness in chickens. Francis Nano, a microbiologist at the University of Victoria, has picked up "proof of concept" funding from Genome BC to harvest Arctic bacteria and use a […]

AgReader Mobile now available for Android phones

Mar. 3, 2012 at 11:30 am CST

Wheat PROs rise under “cautious tone” in markets

Feb. 24, 2012 at 6:37 pm CST

Sask. rules out weather-related AgriRecovery for 2012

Feb. 23, 2012 at 5:36 am CST

Prairies dry, but don’t write off 2012 crops just yet

Feb. 22, 2012 at 7:06 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CWB books $6B in revenues for 2010-11

Feb. 22, 2012 at 6:19 am CST

Prairie wheat and barley growers saw payments of about $5.5 billion for their deliveries to the Canadian Wheat Board during its 2010-11 crop year. The CWB on Tuesday released its annual report for 2010-11 showing $6.071 billion in combined pool revenue, with $3.792 billion paid out to pool participants, another […]

Ukraine traders agree to limit wheat exports: report

Feb. 21, 2012 at 12:00 pm CST

Ukrainian grain traders have agreed to limit wheat exports to 1.7 million tonnes in February-July following a request from the government which is concerned about supply to the domestic market, Ekonomicheskie Izvestia reported on Friday. The newspaper quoted traders as saying that only 800,000 tonnes of wheat would be exported […]

Manitoba to loosen spring trucking restrictions

Feb. 16, 2012 at 5:00 am CST

Springtime restrictions on truck weights on various Manitoba roads will now be based on actual road conditions instead of hard dates on the calendar. The provincial government on Wednesday announced a new policy in which it "will take changing weather conditions into account in determining when spring road restrictions must […]

Record wheat stocks offset South American drought

Feb. 9, 2012 at 5:18 pm CST

World wheat stocks will swell to record size this year and corn stocks will be larger than expected despite severe drought in South America, the U.S. government forecast on Thursday. India will post a record rice crop due to a strong monsoon this year as the global grain outlook improves […]

Illinois farmers worried by extremely warm winter

Feb. 8, 2012 at 6:01 pm CST

Illinois, a key farm state in the heart of the Corn Belt, is basking in its sixth warmest winter in 117 years — good news for residents who have not had to shovel snow but a red flag for some of the state’s most productive businesses: farms. Illinois and neighbouring […]

By Christine Stebbins