Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Mar. 26, 2025 at 9:56 am CDT

We start this forecast period with a strong area of low pressure pushing in off the southern coast of B.C. This low will bring very mild temperatures to southern Alberta on Wednesday and into Thursday. It will then help to develop an area of low pressure over south-central regions early Thursday morning.

By Daniel Bezte

Mar. 25, 2025 at 3:56 pm CDT

For the week ending March 22, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 higher on average. Higher quality strings under 600 pounds traded $5 to as much as $10 higher in some cases but the lighter weight categories were quite variable across the Prairies.

By Jerry Klassen

Mar. 25, 2025 at 2:58 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre reported a low-to-moderate risk of spring flooding in the province on March 25, days before a weather system brings snowfall to much of the province. The centre anticipates most lakes to be within their desired operating ranges after […]

Mar. 19, 2025 at 10:18 am CDT

For this forecast period the weather models are showing a fairly quiet weather pattern will only a couple of chances of light snow as weak systems track along the boundary between the cold Arctic air to our north and milder air to the south. This is the big question mark for this forecast period: just where will this boundary be?

By Daniel Bezte

Mar. 13, 2025 at 12:01 pm CDT

Ongoing tariff uncertainty continues to curtail demand in the feed sector across the Canadian Prairies, said broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm