Insights and Stories on Weather

No La Nina or El Nino expected through autumn

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 […]

Waterlogged Prairie growers to get $30-per-acre aid

Aug. 4, 2011 at 2:45 pm CDT

Wheat streak mosaic spotted in central Man.

Aug. 4, 2011 at 9:00 am CDT

Man. winter wheat harvest underway: Crop report

Aug. 2, 2011 at 3:30 pm CDT

By manitoba-agriculture

Research eyes weather’s effects on new apple types

Aug. 2, 2011 at 2:59 pm CDT

More Sask., Man. ranchers offered tax deferrals

Aug. 2, 2011 at 1:57 pm CDT

More livestock producers in rain-soaked areas of Manitoba and Saskatchewan are now qualified to defer income on sales of breeding stock for tax purposes. The federal government on Tuesday said it would expand the list of designated areas in Manitoba and into Saskatchewan, allowing more producers to defer taxable income […]

Dryness trims U.S. corn and soy prospects

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

CropWatch: We have your Manitoba reports

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 […]

Prairie winter wheat looks good, disease pressure mounts

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

Manitoba to see hot, dry July, forecaster says

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