Insights and Stories on Weather

Feds back Labrador wild berry harvesting

Sep. 14, 2011 at 11:02 am CDT

Economic development officials in Labrador will put federal money toward a pilot project to boost harvesting capacity for wild berries. Federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue on Monday pledged $35,267 in funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Innovative Communities Fund (ICF) for the pilot, aimed at finding more ways […]

Texas drought and wildfire losses continue to mount

Sep. 13, 2011 at 2:09 pm CDT

By texas-agrilife-extension-service

Flooded Alta. farms eligible for recovery funding

Sep. 13, 2011 at 12:08 pm CDT

First frost hits northern Alberta

Sep. 13, 2011 at 10:49 am CDT

By Alberta Agriculture

Risk of frost midweek for Prairies, damage unlikely

Sep. 13, 2011 at 5:09 am CDT

By Adam Johnston

Favourable weather promotes Alta. harvest: AARD

Sep. 9, 2011 at 2:43 pm CDT

Favourable weather conditions have allowed farmers in Alberta to make significant harvest progress, according to a crop specialist with Albert’s Ag-Info Centre. Combining in southern regions of the province was estimated to be anywhere from 40 to just over 50 per cent complete, while in the central and northern areas […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Harsh spring stunts Vancouver Island’s outdoor grows

Sep. 7, 2011 at 6:17 pm CDT

Police scanning from the skies for illegal marijuana grow operations on Vancouver Island this summer report fewer outdoor grows, fewer plants per grow and smaller yields per plant. In a release Wednesday on this summer’s airborne surveillance program over Crown land, Vancouver Island RCMP noted a “marked reduction in the […]

Rains in U.S. to provide minor benefit to mature crops

Sep. 6, 2011 at 8:00 am CDT

Rain in the U.S. over the weekend and more showers forecast for the central and eastern Midwest this week will not buoy corn or soybean production, an agriculture meteorologist said Tuesday. Corn and soybean crops are in their late filling stage of development and rainfall now will provide only minor […]

By Sam Nelson

Drought intensifies in U.S. south, no end in sight

Sep. 3, 2011 at 1:41 am CDT

Record-breaking triple-digit temperatures were prolonging a devastating drought that has been baking the U.S. South and the dry spell could extend into next year and beyond, climate experts said Thursday. “Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse… we are seeing expansion of this drought. This drought will continue […]

By Carey Gillam

Canada’s canola crop record-sized, but smaller than expected

Aug. 26, 2011 at 3:35 pm CDT

Canada’s canola output in the 2011-12 crop year will be record large, but the estimate released by Statistics Canada in its first crop production survey fell below what market participants had been anticipating. The government agency pegged Canada’s 2011-12 canola crop at a record 13.193 million tonnes, up from the 2010-11 […]

By Dwayne Klassen