Insights and Stories on Weather

Roadblocked Sask. farmers get unseeded acres coverage

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 […]

Agricorp extends sugar beet planting deadline

Jun. 1, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

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

Waterlogged farmers in Saskatchewan have again been granted extensions on their seeding deadlines to qualify for crop insurance. “While I hope the extension will give producers some extra time to get their seed in the ground and still be insured, we all realize the best solution to this situation would […]

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