Insights and Stories on Weather

Aug. 12, 2011 at 1:28 pm CDT

The Alberta government has budgeted $5 million this year for a new grant program to help protect “ecologically important” private lands against development. The province on Wednesday launched the Alberta Land Trust Grant Program, which is to make grants available to land trust organizations to pay for conservation easements on […]

Aug. 11, 2011 at 2:24 pm CDT

Flood-damaged communities among those that host Viterra’s grain elevators or other operations in North America have more time to apply for a piece of a $100,000 support fund. Viterra in late June rolled out its $100,000 North American Flood Assistance Program with an application deadline of Monday (Aug. 15). On […]

Aug. 9, 2011 at 1:43 pm CDT

The swathers are rolling into canola fields in south-central and southeastern Manitoba and parts of the Interlake region, while winter wheat and fall rye harvests are also well underway, the provincial ag department reported Monday. Due to a publication ban in advance of a provincial election scheduled for Oct. 4, […]

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Aug. 5, 2011 at 5:01 pm CDT

Prairie canola growers should be scouting their fields “immediately” as populations of bertha armyworm are nearing economic thresholds to spray, the Canola Council of Canada warns in Grainews’ CropWatch. Hot, dry weather has been “favourable” to the insect’s numbers, the council said, noting some growers in Manitoba, eastern Saskatchewan and […]

Aug. 5, 2011 at 5:00 am CDT

The dreaded El Nino or La Nina weather anomalies should not crop up through autumn 2011 but weather forecasters said Thursday the outlook for next year was uncertain at best. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center forecast in a monthly report that “the majority of models” indicated neutral conditions into the […]