Insights and Stories on Weather

Manitoba sunflower acreage to plummet

Apr. 27, 2011 at 10:55 pm CDT

With many producers planning on seeding large amounts of canola and wheat this spring amid historically high prices, the crop that appears to be taking the largest hit in Manitoba because of this is sunflowers. In the 2011 planted area intention report from Statistics Canada released Tuesday, the government agency […]

Plenty of wheat and canola to be seeded: StatsCan

Apr. 27, 2011 at 9:00 am CDT

By Brent Harder

Prairie seeding still on hold, better weather coming

Apr. 25, 2011 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

CP sees lower grain handle in first quarter

Apr. 24, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Acreage increases expected in many crops

Apr. 21, 2011 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Brent Harder

The rise of iFarmer

Apr. 20, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Three generations ago Canadian farmers got their market information from the local elevator and their weekly farm paper. A generation on, they shushed the kids and strained to hear the markets on the CBC’s noon-hour farm report. Just a generation ago, a handful took the electronic plunge and bought a […]

By Gord Gilmour

Flood forces CN, CP to close Man. rail lines

Apr. 20, 2011 at 4:36 pm CDT

Flooding caused by the Red River’s steady rise has forced Canadian Pacific Railway to reroute trains on one Manitoba branch line and to close another, while Canadian National Railway has closed a secondary line. The Manitoba government was building dikes Wednesday across two of CP’s lines to protect the towns […]

By Rod Nickel

Texas wheat crop a third of average: report

Apr. 20, 2011 at 4:33 pm CDT

Wildfires are adding to an already-serious situation for Texas wheat producers, according to the weekly crop report from Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. “It’s bad and getting worse,” said AgriLife Extension economist Dr. Mark Welch. “It looks like the 2011 crop, in terms of production and yields, is going to […]

Cattle, crops at risk from N.D. floods, snow

Apr. 19, 2011 at 11:15 pm CDT

Snowstorms on top of flooding in North Dakota have not yet resulted in many cattle deaths as feared, but lingering cold, wet weather threatens the state’s herd, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said Tuesday. Spring temperatures are well below normal in North Dakota, a key U.S. grower of spring […]

By Rod Nickel

Manitoba soybean acres to see increase

Apr. 19, 2011 at 1:30 pm CDT

Soybean acres in Manitoba are expected to see an increase over last year when Statistics Canada releases its first acreage estimates of 2011 next Tuesday (April 26). Roger Kissick, product manager at Linear Grains at Carman, Man., said the wet conditions are favourable to soybeans, and given the cool and […]

By Brent Harder