Reading Time: 2 minutes Planting across Manitoba progressed during the week ended June 16 despite cool, wet and windy weather, including small tornadoes.
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Manitoba Crop Report: Planting progresses despite wild weather
Prairie forecast: Drier pattern overall with unsettled patches
Forecast issued June 19, covering June 19 to 26, 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutes While it looks like we'll see a slightly more stable pattern develop during this forecast period, there will still be some unsettled weather to deal with.
Klassen: Quality yearlings lead feeder complex higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were quoted $5 lower to $5 higher on average in the week ending June 15. However, quality packages of yearlings traded $5 to as much as $10 above week-ago levels
Manitoba seeding nears completion: report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba farmers made good seeding progress in early June despite wet conditions, with 92 per cent of intended acres in the ground – up nine points from the previous week, according to the latest provincial crop report for the week ended June 11. Spring cereals, peas, and grain corn were approximately 97 per cent complete. […] Read more
Feed Grain Weekly: Prices drift down as seeding nears completion
Reading Time: 2 minutes The recent influx of moisture across the Prairies put pressure on feed grain prices, according to an Alberta-based trader.
Prairie forecast: Drier with a slow warming trend
Reading Time: 4 minutes Now—for those of you who still need rain, the developing pattern doesn't look like an overall dry pattern. It's just not all clouds with the threat of showers every couple of days. For those of you on the eastern Prairies who are tired of rain then a little sunshine and heat is what the doctor ordered.
Klassen: Feeder market hard to define on smaller volumes
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending June 1, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to the previous week. It’s that time of year when volumes are limited and the market can be quite variable from region to region.
Manitoba crop report: Seeding continues despite large rainfall
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite heavy rains as well as snowfall, Manitoba farmers were still able to make planting progress during the week ended May 25, according to the province’s weekly crop report.
Prairie forecast: Plenty of chances for rain
Forecast issued May 29, covering May 20 to June 5, 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutes Looking at the big picture, we should see some warmer temperatures—after all it is June—but I still don't see signs of any sustained heat.
Pulse weekly: Farmers watching fields, chasing deadlines
Reading Time: 2 minutes The second half of May has been one of the rainiest periods seen in Manitoba in a number of years. On May 24 and 25, upwards to 70 millimetres of precipitation were reported in most areas, causing seeding to become delayed in multiple locations.