Insights and Stories on Weather

Jul. 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm CDT

Extreme heat and dryness this week as the crop is reproducing will trim U.S. corn prospects, and even more stress from dry weather will continue through next week, an agricultural meteorologist forecast Tuesday. “I would think the condition decline will be even more extreme this week. There is going to […]

By Reuters

Jul. 16, 2011 at 11:20 pm CDT

Manitoba’s agriculture department is still publishing its weekly crop condition, insect and disease updates, but don’t look for them on the department’s website. A publication ban is in place on government websites during the run-up to Manitoba’s provincial election on Oct. 4. However, the department’s latest updates are available in […]

Jul. 16, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Decent growing weather the past couple of weeks has helped the winter wheat crops in Western Canada catch up in their development, but the harvest will still likely come later than normal. Disease is also causing problems in some areas, said an official with the Canadian Wheat Board. Most of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 13, 2011 at 2:11 pm CDT

Swamped by well-above average rainfall throughout the spring, the wet areas of Manitoba have been able to dry out — for the most part — over the past month or so. Drew Lerner, president of World Weather Inc. in Kansas City, said a drying bias is underway in the keystone […]

By Brent Harder

Jul. 13, 2011 at 2:02 pm CDT

Cattle, bison and vegetable producers in parts of British Columbia can expect up to $5 million from two AgriRecovery programs in the wake of floods, droughts and wildfires during 2010 through to this spring. The joint federal/provincial programs, pledged Tuesday in Vancouver, are to include a feed assistance and pasture […]