Search Results for:

Warmer conditions in Alberta have advanced the seeding process the past two weeks, but most areas are still a week behind normal, according to a provincial crop specialist. "The last few years we've had cool, wet Mays," said Harry Brook with Alberta's Ag-Info Centre in Stettler. "This year May was cool and wet early on,[...]

Winter wheat crops are reported thriving across Alberta, contrasting multiple reports of challenges in the eastern Prairies. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives reported Monday that reseeding of winter wheat is occurring throughout the province due to poor plant stands. The Saskatchewan government reported Thursday that some winter wheat fields in that province's southeast are[...]

Cash prices for new- and old-crop oats in Western Canada are strong, underpinned by expectations that carryover stocks will be tight in 2012-13 and 2013-14. According to Prairie Ag Hotwire, values on Thursday for old crop delivered to the elevator in Western Canada were as high as $4.05 per bushel, while new-crop values ranged from[...]

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures jumped one per cent on Friday as persistent heavy rains delayed U.S. planting of both crops, threatening production prospects. "Nobody wants to be short due to the planting issue. There is concern now that not everything will get planted," said Roy Huckabay, analyst for Chicago-based trade[...]

U.S. wheat ended more than one per cent lower on Wednesday in volatile dealings after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) April estimates for 2012-13 global ending supplies were well above analysts' estimates. Corn ended higher but below the trading session highs and soybeans turned down after an initial rally in reaction to the USDA[...]

Harry Enns, a former rancher and Manitoba's agriculture minister in Gary Filmon's administration during the 1990s, died Thursday at age 78. Enns, a provincial politician for 37 years, represented the Lakeside riding north of Winnipeg in the province's Interlake region, including the communities of Teulon and Stonewall. He first came to the legislature in what[...]

Harvest activities in Alberta have been moving forward at a quick pace, but yields to date have been disappointing, according to a provincial crop specialist. The harvest of barley in Alberta was said to be roughly 70 per cent done, pulses 80-90 per cent complete, wheat about 10 per cent finished and canola in the[...]

Freezing temperatures look to arrive this week across parts of Western Canada, but steady harvest progress has left few of farmers' crops vulnerable to damage, industry officials say. The first significant frost often hits the Prairie provinces by mid-September, but temperatures have only dipped slightly below freezing overnight so far, in isolated areas. Colder air[...]

BMO Financial Group said last week it will offer Canadian and U.S. farmer customers financial drought relief to help them get through one of the worst droughts to hit North America in more than 50 years. Toronto-based BMO said it is providing drought-hit farmers more access to capital, fee concessions, working lines of credit and,[...]

Favourable weather and the quick maturation of crops have producers in Alberta preparing harvest equipment, according to a provincial crop specialist. "Swathing of some canola, wheat and barley crops is now underway in the province, while combining of lentils, peas and chickpeas was well underway and nearing completion in select areas," said Harry Brook, a[...]