Insights and Stories on Weather

Manitoba Crop Report: Plantings advance, crops threatened by weeds, insects

Jun. 22, 2022 at 1:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Seeding continues to advance in Manitoba, but recent rains have also hindered progress and emergent crops are being threatened by weeds and insects. Plantings in the province are 91 per cent complete as of June 21, four points higher than the previous week according to Manitoba’s weekly crop […]

Saskatchewan shores up disaster program for bigger farms

Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:29 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils faring well but threats remain

Jun. 21, 2022 at 8:53 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat futures hit lowest since late March

Jun. 21, 2022 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Heat, humidity kill at least 2,000 Kansas cattle, state says

Jun. 15, 2022 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Rains bring much-needed moisture to Alberta’s south

Jun. 10, 2022 at 4:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Rains across southern and central regions of Alberta were both much-needed and well-received during the week ended Tuesday. Both regions received 20 to 50 millimetres of precipitation, according to the province’s weekly crop report released Friday. The amount of rain that fell onto the south region was equivalent […]

By MarketsFarm.Adam Peleshaty

Drought worsens in Alberta, but eastern Prairies wet

Jun. 10, 2022 at 4:49 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Highly varied precipitation across the Canadian Prairies in May saw drought conditions worsen in southern Alberta while parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan were becoming too wet, according to the latest federal Drought Monitor report. The report, released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) for the period ended May […]

By MarketsFarm

Planting in Saskatchewan nearing its end

Jun. 10, 2022 at 4:26 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring planting across Saskatchewan reached 91 per cent complete as of Monday, according to the province’s latest crop report. That was an increase of 15 points over the week and the pace was only six behind the five-year average. However, Saskatchewan Agriculture stressed there are many acres in […]

By MarketsFarm

Rain helps Ontario crops as last of seeding presses on

Jun. 10, 2022 at 3:53 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Rains were timely in helping with crop establishment, according to the latest report from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). As some spring planting remained to be completed, amounts of precipitation ranged from 12 to 55 millimetres. While herbicide applications on cereals continued in […]

By MarketsFarm

StatCan releases satellite crop vegetation data

Jun. 10, 2022 at 3:36 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s crop condition assessment program (CCAP) on Thursday released its weekly normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values from April 11 to May 29 — telling the tale of weather extremes in the Prairie provinces. As of the fourth week of May, seeding was 95 per cent complete […]

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm