Insights and Stories on Weather

Jun. 6, 2011 at 6:34 pm CDT

NEW FEATURE: How’s your crop doing? Too much moisture? Too little? Any pest or disease problems? Those are often the topics you discuss with your friends, family and neighbours in the field or over a cup of coffee, but through CropWatch 2011, a new feature at Grainews.ca, we’d like to […]

Jun. 6, 2011 at 5:00 pm CDT

Like many other grains and oilseeds, flaxseed bids in western Canada have been gaining strength over the last little while. Richard Zacharias, general manager of Prairie Flax Products at Portage la Prairie, Man., said poor spring planting conditions have been the catalyst for the price advance, with many parts of […]

By Brent Harder

Jun. 3, 2011 at 10:59 pm CDT

Broadcast seeding, the option of last resort, could become the only option left to farmers struggling with wet fields and rainy forecasts. Extension officials don’t recommend the strategy, whether by air or floater, but with time running out, they’re offering their best advice for how to make it work. As […]

By Allan Dawson

Jun. 3, 2011 at 3:03 pm CDT

After not allowing grain to leave the country for almost 11 months, Russia is set re-open its export market July 1, bringing with it fears that some business will be lost in Canada and the U.S. Russia has said it will begin exporting grain again on July 1. “Last year’s […]

By Brent Harder

Jun. 2, 2011 at 4:18 pm CDT

Insured Saskatchewan farmers who can’t get to fields for seeding due to impassable roads are up for federal/provincial compensation. “Excess moisture has had a devastating impact on farm land and roads this spring,” provincial Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said in a joint release Thursday. “This is a practical, common-sense change […]