Reading Time: < 1 minute While at least one crop appears to be benefitting from the overly wet conditions in southern Ontario, corn and soybean growers are seeing their planting efforts delayed because of too much rain and wet soils. John Greig, reporter with Glacier FarmMedia, shows you some of the conditions farmers in southern Ontario are facing.
VIDEO: Wet fields in southern Ontario delaying planting
Timing of rain ‘ideal’ for Prairie crops
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Well timed weekend rains across Western Canada have benefited germinating canola crops and soil conditions — but some areas could use more moisture, one weather and crop specialist says. “In terms of the timing of the rains, they’ve been pretty well ideal,” said Bruce Burnett of G3 Canada. Showers over the week […] Read more
Sask. crops get soaked, but may take yield hit
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Reuters) – Two days of rainstorms in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, may have done more harm to crops than good, even though farms were parched, a Saskatchewan government official said on Wednesday. Much of the province received rain on Monday and Tuesday, with the capital, Regina, collecting about 90 millimetres (3.5 inches), […] Read more
Three-hour tornado & Regina’s wettest day ever
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — A tornado spun for several hours through southwestern Manitoba late Monday in a fierce Canadian Prairie storm that caused flash flooding and shredded part of a highway. No injuries or major damage was reported, according to a statement by Environment Canada, federal weather forecaster. “What was just shocking was the duration on the […] Read more
Central Alberta receives weekend rainfall
Up to two inches in some areas will help fill crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Commodity News Service Canada — Many regions of central Alberta saw some beneficial rainfall going into the weekend, which provided some relief to dry fields and aided crops as they head into the filling stage. “What it’s basically going to do is help fill the crops. In some places they had up to two inches of rain […] Read more
Light rain on way for Prairie crops, but ‘soaker’ needed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters –– Rain looks to splash parched farms on Western Canada’s Prairies over the next week as concerns mount that soil is too dry for canola to grow normally. Offsetting the concern somewhat is the region’s brisk pace of planting, which may wrap up by the weekend. The southern Prairies will be lucky […] Read more
Dawson: Time to assess crops for frost, water damage
Reading Time: 3 minutes Each day it gets easier to assess how much damage frost and excessive moisture did to Manitoba crops over the Victoria Day long weekend. Farmers can expect their soybeans to emerge this week because of warm and sunny conditions — and that germination will probably suffer in some soybean fields. “I’m expecting to see a […] Read more
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