Insights and Stories on Weather

Agricorp extends sugar beet planting deadline

Jun. 1, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Ontario’s provincial crop insurance agency has extended its planting deadline for sugar beets to Sunday. Agricorp on Wednesday announced the extension for sugar beets “in all areas” to June 5, from the previous planting deadline of May 25, for farmers to put in their beet crops and still qualify for […]

Manitoba acres shift away from soybeans

Jun. 1, 2011 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Rains stall Saskatchewan seeding

Jun. 1, 2011 at 5:17 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Seeding nearly done in Alta., rain needed in north

May. 31, 2011 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sask. crop insurance deadlines extended

May. 31, 2011 at 3:37 pm CDT

DUC to expand available Sask. pasture, hayland

May. 30, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Ducks Unlimited Canada plans to “greatly” increase the number of acres it makes available each year in Saskatchewan for haying and grazing, to benefit waterlogged ranchers in that province. “We are anticipating that some producers will have difficulty accessing their pastures and hay fields this year” and “will provide access […]

Lowered new-crop expectations support CWB’s PROs

May. 27, 2011 at 2:14 pm CDT

Underwhelming production prospects for the 2011-12 wheat crop are boosting values for both new- and old-crop wheat and durum in the Canadian Wheat Board’s latest round of pool return outlooks. Wheat values in the CWB’s May 2011-12 PRO, out Thursday, are up by between $10 and $16 per tonne from […]

Rain or shine, the weeds still grow

May. 27, 2011 at 12:23 pm CDT

Because of cold and wet conditions, many acres in Manitoba remain unseeded and have not received a pre-seed burn-off herbicide. The weeds continue to grow and are reaching the stage where the herbicide efficacy may become compromised. Here are a few things to consider with late weed control scenarios. Pre-seed […]

By nasir-shaikh

Slow crop start limits frost damage on Prairies

May. 25, 2011 at 5:39 pm CDT

The late start to seeding on Canada’s Prairies, along with slow germination of early-seeded crops, prevented any significant damage occurring from frost over the past couple of nights. Temperatures in Western Canada dropped to as low as -4 to -5 C overnight Monday in select areas and fell to -1 […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Prairies’ winter wheat crop and acres falter

May. 25, 2011 at 4:59 am CDT

The wet and late spring that hit the eastern part of Canada’s Prairies has hurt the progress of the area’s winter wheat crop. “I have seen very little winter wheat out of the ground. There is nothing I can see around here, or in the more southern parts of the […]

By Brent Harder