Insights and Stories on Weather

More advanced Prairie crops seen escaping frost damage

Sep. 14, 2011 at 11:59 am CDT

The first significant frost of the calendar year occurred across grain- and oilseed-producing regions of the Prairies overnight Tuesday, but damage to crops was only expected to be minimal. The exact amount of damage to any crop will be determined by the duration of the cold temperatures, whether fields were in […]

Feds back Labrador wild berry harvesting

Sep. 14, 2011 at 11:02 am CDT

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

Colder temperatures are bringing the risk of frost in Western Canada from Sept. 13 to 15, according to Environment Canada, although an agronomist predicts severe damage to crops is unlikely. A northern cold front, swooping into the Prairies, is expected to increase the chances of frost over the next few […]

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