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Sea surface temperature anomalies (C) for the seven-day period centred on July 6, 2016. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Livestock, Reuters, Weather

La Nina seen likely to build in August-to-October period

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Reading Time: < 1 minute New York | Reuters –– Following a damaging El Nino weather period, a U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said the La Nina weather phenomenon is favoured to develop during August through October 2016. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, said in its monthly forecast there is a 55-60 […] Read more
Rainfall for July 13, 2016 as of 6:40 p.m. CT. (CoCoRaHS.org)
Crops, Weather

Storms trim potential for big Prairie crops

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Heavy rain and strong winds are likely to curb the potential for Western Canada’s crops, government officials said, but the harvest may still be bigger than average. Pockets across Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, received as much as five inches of rain, strong winds and hail since Sunday. The storms flattened […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Oats, Weather

Chicago oats rally with Prairie rains, for now

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Oat prices at the Chicago Board of Trade have advanced as rain soaks Canada’s crops, but one U.S. analyst doesn’t expect those gains to hold. Close to half of Canada’s seeded oat area is in Saskatchewan, Statistics Canada data shows, and some parts of the province have seen heavy rains and flooding. […] Read more
(WeatherFarm.com)
Crops, Forages, Weather

Rain causes extreme haying delays

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Excessive rain and high humidity over the past few weeks are causing major problems for haying operations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. “We should be well underway in our progress and I think we are far behind right now,” said Leanna Rousell, executive director of the Saskatchewan Forage Council. The majority of Saskatchewan […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Flax growers scout soggy fields as prices edge upward

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Producers are assessing the effects of weekend rains that soaked flax crops in Western Canada, while prices have ticked up slightly as data reflects shrinking acres. Flax fields in western Manitoba saw thunderstorms and powerful winds, which knocked out power in some areas of the province during the weekend. Parts of southeastern […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Water Management Research Unit, ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Bargain hunting, weather concerns support soy, corn gains

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rallied on Friday on a bargain-buying bounce after declining sharply earlier in the week. Concerns about hot and dry weather stressing both crops as they head toward key developmental phases added to the strength. “Traders continue to have concerns about forecasts calling for hot and dry […] Read more
A wheat crop in standing water. (Colton Yoder photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Wet wheat weather watched worldwide

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Generous rainfall has benefited but also boosted the risk of disease on wheat crops in much of Canada and the U.S., and has also cut into grain quality in parts of Europe. However, according to Drew Lerner of U.S. forecast agency World Weather Inc., conditions during the harvest season will be the […] Read more
Laird lentils. (PulseCanada.com)
Crops, Lentils, Weather

Wet weather threatens record lentil crops

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — An increase in Canadian lentil acreage this year comes as a blessing in disguise as wet conditions threaten some crops, worrying producers. Farmers in parts of the Prairies increased lentil seedings by 48 per cent, covering a record 5.8 million acres this year, according to Statistics Canada. While the increase in lentils […] Read more
Eastern Ontario, parts of the Near North and a region bounded by Essex to Niagara are the worst hit by excessive dryness. (Map courtesy Weather INnovations)
Crops, Weather

Pearce: Precipitation maps have Ontario farmers seeing red

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Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s official: Spring 2016 will go down as an excessively dry season for Ontario growers — and most hope the summer will be considerably wetter. Last week, we cited reports of stressed-but-surviving corn and soybean crops in midwestern Ontario, which had received spotty showers early in the week. The crops were showing signs of drought-stress […] Read more
A sclerotinia-infected canola stem. Eastern Prairie crops are expected to face added disease pressure. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Crops, Weather

Rain increases disease pressures on eastern Prairies

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The recent batch of wet weather across parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been a welcome relief to some fields that were suffering from excess dryness. However, soggy conditions have also enabled certain disease pressures to rear their ugly head, according to some government specialists. “Root rot is showing up in peas […] Read more

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