Insights and Stories on Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: A few small tweaks

May. 29, 2023 at 12:29 pm CDT

The weather regime across southern and central Canada is currently being dominated by a large sprawling surface high over eastern regions with a slowly digging trough of low pressure over the West Coast. The flows around these two features have been producing warm summer-like conditions across the eastern Prairies with […]

Ford to keep AM radio, CEO says

May. 26, 2023 at 9:52 pm CDT

By Jonah Grignon

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-month high on weather worries

May. 26, 2023 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Pulse weekly outlook: Better growing conditions despite dryness, smoke

May. 24, 2023 at 11:05 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

NEW FEATURE: Prairie Forecast: Summerlike conditions moving in

May. 24, 2023 at 8:27 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

FCC offers new credit line against ‘current economic environment’

May. 24, 2023 at 5:56 am CDT

Farm Credit Canada’s recent outreach to specific agrifood sectors hit by unusual environmental conditions has now extended to those hit by the broader “economic environment.” The federal ag lender on Tuesday said it will offer an unsecured credit line of up to $500,000 with loan processing fees waived, “to help […]

By Dave Bedard

Prairie Forecast Update: A few small tweaks

May. 22, 2023 at 6:15 pm CDT

The weather models are continuing to do a good job with the short- to medium-range forecasts, but there have been a couple of small changes that have been slowly working into the forecast. Weak troughing off the West Coast is still forecasted to kick off the development of a leeside […]

By Daniel Bezte

Halfway there

May. 19, 2023 at 2:44 pm CDT

Seeding is at the halfway point on the Prairies, according to weather and markets specialist Bruce Burnett, speaking with Glacier FarmMedia’s Gord Gilmour. He says the forecast is calling for continued warmer-than-average temperatures and that’s good news for the crops as they emerge.

More than half of world’s large lakes drying up, study finds

May. 18, 2023 at 6:28 pm CDT

London | Reuters — More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. A team of international researchers reported that some of […]

By Gloria Dickie

No respite expected for wildfire-hit Alberta

May. 18, 2023 at 10:58 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Abnormally hot and dry weather is set to return to Alberta on Thursday after a couple of cooler days helped calm wildfires that have forced thousands of evacuations in the province. Record-high temperatures and tinder-dry vegetation have led to an intense, early start to wildfire season […]

By Reuters