Insights and Stories on Weather

Nov. 20, 2011 at 5:50 pm CST

Grain and other freight hauled on the St. Lawrence Seaway could be forced to a halt starting in 2013 under New York state’s planned standards for treatment of ships’ ballast water, the federal government says. Ballast water is pumped onboard vessels to increase draught, change trim, regulate stability or maintain […]

Nov. 20, 2011 at 10:18 am CST

The quality of Western Canada’s wheat and barley crops saw considerable improvement this year, according to an analyst with the Canadian Wheat Board. However, of the wheat that failed to make the top grades there were more concerns with ergot, a toxic fungal disease. Before blending and seed cleaning, about […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 16, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST

Showers early this week slowed the final corn harvest, especially in Ohio, and a widespread cold snap is on tap after mid-week, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday. "Harvest is mostly complete. Still some corn to harvest in Ohio and they were slowed by rains early this week," said Andy […]

By Sam Nelson

Nov. 16, 2011 at 6:32 pm CST

Earth Networks, owner of the WeatherBug network and provider of equipment and data for the WeatherFarm program, says it plans to double its Canadian network over the next three years. "As the owner and operator of the largest weather network worldwide, Earth Networks is pleased to announce our plans to […]

Nov. 8, 2011 at 5:32 pm CST

Four of Archer Daniels Midland’s oilseed crushing plants have added "Act of God" coverage to their grower contracts for high-oleic canola in 2012. The U.S. agrifood giant last week announced the new contracts for Dow AgroSciences’ Nexera brand canola varieties at the facilities in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota. The […]