Insights and Stories on Weather

ADM to cover ‘acts of God’ on Nexera canola

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 […]

Manitoba winter fertilizing ban begins Nov. 10

Nov. 5, 2011 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Post-CWB ‘adjustment’ funding pledged for Churchill

Oct. 18, 2011 at 2:00 pm CDT

Native prairie thrives under climate change: Study

Oct. 14, 2011 at 12:01 am CDT

Cold, snowy winter forecast seen for Prairies

Oct. 6, 2011 at 2:34 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Clubroot confirmed in Saskatchewan

Oct. 4, 2011 at 4:02 pm CDT

Plants in two canola fields in north-central Saskatchewan have been confirmed with a notorious soil-borne disease not seen in the province’s crops until now. “Industry and government personnel” advised the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission (SaskCanola) on Friday that plants carrying the disease had been found in both fields, chairman Brett […]

Jump anticipated in StatsCan production survey

Sep. 30, 2011 at 3:15 pm CDT

Grain and oilseed production estimates in a 2011-12 crop survey, due out Tuesday from Statistics Canada, are expected to mainly show a jump in output from the previous report, according to industry projections. “The general sentiment among individuals is that production, particularly in Western Canada, will be higher based on […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Early canola samples show good quality: CGC

Sep. 27, 2011 at 1:16 pm CDT

With the canola harvest nearly complete across Western Canada, the quality of what’s coming off the fields looks good, according to early samples received at the Canadian Grain Commission. With about a quarter of the expected samples in to date, “the quality is very good,” said Daryl Beswitherick, the CGC’s […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CropWatch: Clubroot intensifies, check fields

Sep. 23, 2011 at 5:41 pm CDT

Wet conditions early in this growing season have hastened the spread of clubroot throughout fields and to new areas in Alberta, the Canola Council of Canada reports. Higher incidences and severity than expected have been recorded in Alberta counties that only had a few documented cases in the past. And […]

Hot weather to follow spotty rains in U.S. Plains

Sep. 19, 2011 at 7:00 am CDT

Spotty rain showers improved soil moisture in some key growing areas of the parched U.S. Plains, but high temperatures could dry areas out again in the coming days, a private forecaster said Monday. “It was good in some areas and not good in others,” said Drew Lerner, president and senior […]

By Mark Weinraub