Agriculture Weather & Forecast

PAMI researchers install a probe in a canola bin as part of a temperature monitoring study, which ran from June through to mid-August 2016. (PAMI.ca)

Cool, dry canola keeps best when left alone

By Country Guide Staff March 16, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes For farmers who plan to keep canola in bins through the hottest months of the year, a new Prairie study suggests that to manage bin temperature, less handling is better. Having set out to study how best to manage higher-moisture canola over the spring and summer, a team from the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Feed market awaits influx of spring-threshed grains

By Dave Sims March 14, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — As spring slowly approaches, western Canadian feed dealers are warily eyeing the amount of grain that may be left over on Prairie fields. “There’s a bit of concern about how much spring-threshed grain we may see here in the next few weeks,” said Allan Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. “That’s […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Oklahoma wildfires kill thousands of pigs

By Michael Hirtzer, Renita D. Young March 10, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Wildfires devastated a Smithfield Foods hog farm in Laverne, Oklahoma, killing at least several thousand pigs, company and local officials said Friday. The exact number of swine killed in the Oklahoma fire, which began on Monday, was not immediately known. Smithfield did not say how many died in the blaze, but said no […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Plains wildfires leave thousands of cattle dead

By Jon Herskovitz March 9, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Austin | Reuters — Fast-moving wildfires that burned through nearly two million acres of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas this week have devastated ranches and left thousands of cattle and other livestock dead, officials said Thursday. Many of the grass fires grew rapidly on Monday due to dry weather and parched prairie land in the Texas […] Read more

Southeastern Saskatchewan’s accumulated snowpack, as shown here east of Weyburn on March 9, i expected to lead to above-normal runoff in the area. (Leeann Minogue photo)

Crops, Weather

Runoff levels up in Saskatchewan’s forecast

By Country Guide Staff March 9, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan has raised its expectations for spring runoff across the board, now predicting “near normal” levels for much of the province and “above normal” to “well above normal” levels in its southeast. The province’s Water Security Agency on Thursday released a March spring runoff forecast pointing to two “areas of concern” — the province’s far […] Read more

(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)

Crops, Weather

Wet spring hampers Prairie fertilizer timetable

By Dave Sims March 9, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — This week’s dump of snow in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba will likely push back fieldwork and fertilizer applications on a lot of farms, according to one crop watcher. Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier, speaking from a conference in the U.S., said only about 50 per cent of the normal amount […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Manitoba storm may cause more than travel delays

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 7, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Road closures across most of western Manitoba due to a late-winter storm are likely only the start of the headaches to come, as flooding and/or late seeding may be a reality in many areas this spring. Meteorologist Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. in Kansas City said he was optimistic on moisture […] Read more

A ship at Brazil’s Port of Santos.(Portosdobrasil.gov.br via Flickr)

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans, Weather

Soy loadings delayed at Brazil northern ports

By Reuters March 2, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Brasilia | Reuters — At least 11 ships are facing delays in loading soybeans at Brazil’s northern ports after rains washed out roads and disrupted the progress of trucks carrying beans from the centre-west region, Brazilian officials said on Thursday. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said some commodities traders could have problems fulfilling soy export contracts […] Read more

Premier Stephen Harper and Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger examine flooded areas around Brandon in July 2014. (PMO photo by Jill Thompson)

Livestock, Weather

Major flood risks seen in southern Manitoba

By Country Guide Staff February 27, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Areas of Manitoba are at moderate to major risk of flooding, according to the province’s first full flood outlook for the spring. Levels of future snowfall and/or rainfall, the timing and speed of snowmelt, and the runoff timing in Manitoba, the U.S., Saskatchewan and Ontario are still “key factors,” the provincial government said Monday in […] Read more

Crops, Weather

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia impose spring weights

By Country Guide Staff February 24, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Spring weight limits on trucks and other vehicles are coming into effect on certain roads in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The Nova Scotia transportation department on Thursday announced a maximum weight of 15 tonnes on gravel roads starting at noon Friday (Feb. 24) “until further notice.” “Unseasonably warm weather is softening gravel roads to […] Read more

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Cool, dry canola keeps best when left alone

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Runoff levels up in Saskatchewan’s forecast

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