Insights and Stories on Weather

“Once in a lifetime” flood submerges U.S. farmland

May. 11, 2011 at 10:59 pm CDT

Nearly three million acres of farmland in three southern U.S. states have been submerged by flood waters from the raging Mississippi River and its smaller tributaries, adding to troubles in seeding this year’s crops in the world’s top grain exporter. Although the area constitutes one per cent land seeded with […]

AAFC also sees more wheat, canola seeded

May. 11, 2011 at 12:17 pm CDT

Possible dike breach looms over Man. vegetable farms

May. 11, 2011 at 11:28 am CDT

By Allan Dawson

Manitoba declares “livestock emergency”

May. 11, 2011 at 10:32 am CDT

Prairie grasshopper forecasts dialed back in wet weather

May. 10, 2011 at 6:57 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Western Man. evacuation order creates confusion

May. 10, 2011 at 4:44 pm CDT

Mark Emilson, a cattle producer from Vogar, Man., said producers in his area have been told they must move hundreds of cattle to higher ground as floodwaters continue to swell Lake Manitoba, but people don’t know where to go. Provincial officials warned producers at a meeting Monday night that up […]

By Laura Rance-Unger

Klassen: Flooding, rains weigh on feeder cattle prices

May. 10, 2011 at 5:32 am CDT

Feeder cattle prices were steady to $2 lower last week as larger supplies weighed on the market structure. Backgrounding operators were waiting for drier conditions to liquidate supplies and there was a short window of opportunity last week. However, feedlot operators showed very little interest with the forecast for additional […]

By Jerry Klassen

Too early to write off Manitoba corn acres

May. 9, 2011 at 2:30 pm CDT

High prices have persuaded Manitoba producers to plant more acres to corn this year, according to the latest Statistics Canada report, but wet conditions and flooding may restrict how much in fact goes into the ground. In its April 26 planting intentions report, StatsCan announced Manitoba producers intended to plant […]

By Brent Harder

Pesticide approved against new cutworm in corn

May. 6, 2011 at 5:53 pm CDT

A relatively new insecticide has been cleared for use against a “relatively new” pest in Ontario corn crops. DuPont on Thursday announced it’s picked up federal approval for use of its diamide insecticide Coragen against western bean cutworm (WBC) in field, seed and sweet corn crops. DuPont senior sales rep […]

Commodity storm leaves food concerns intact

May. 6, 2011 at 5:18 pm CDT

This week’s commodities plunge has done little to dent concerns of continuing food price inflation, as grain prices held up better than most and fundamentals for the highly weather-sensitive sector are unchanged. Grain traders have had their eyes glued to weather forecasts rather than economic data, as heavy rainfall slows […]

By Gus Trompiz marie-maitre