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(CanolaCouncil.org)
Crops, Weather

Alberta rain good news for farmers, bad news for grasshoppers

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — After a dry spring, the rainfall across Alberta is a welcome change — unless you’re a grasshopper. “I’d hoped that over the weekend with the rain we had it would drown the little buggers out. When they’re small like that, they’re easily drowned if there’s water on the surface,” said crop specialist […] Read more
(WeatherFarm.com/weather-maps)
Crops, Weather

Timing of rain ‘ideal’ for Prairie crops

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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
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy surges on concerns over Argentina soymeal

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped three per cent on Wednesday, the biggest gain for the most-active contract in two weeks, boosted by concerns about a possible shortage of soymeal from Argentina. U.S. wheat futures rose on short-covering and forecasts of unfavourable rain in the U.S. Plains grain belt, while corn advanced to a one-month […] Read more
A close-up of emerging corn seedlings north of London, Ont. on May 24, 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)
Crops, Weather

Pearce: Ontario crop conditions a tale of two scenarios

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Reading Time: 2 minutes When it comes to getting a handle on current crop conditions in Ontario, it really depends on who you ask. Conditions and progress in the southern portion of the province vary — some considerably — compared to those in eastern Ontario, particularly where it comes to planting corn and soybeans. If there’s one common theme […] Read more
(AOHVA.com)
Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Alberta lifts off-roading ban

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Citing an outbreak of “wet and cool weather” across parts of the province, reducing the overall fire hazard, the Alberta government has lifted most of its restrictions on off-highway vehicle (OHV) use. The province lifted its OHV ban for “much of the province” except for its forest areas around Lac La Biche and Fort McMurray, […] Read more
Farm and pastureland east of Mervin, Sask. Seeding is nearing completion in northwest Saskatchewan, but lack of rain means topsoil conditions have deteriorated. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Weather

Guenther: Seeding in home stretch for dry NW Saskatchewan

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Seeding is drawing to a close in northwestern Saskatchewan, largely due to warm, dry weather this month. On average, seeding in the northwest was over half done early in the week, according to the latest Saskatchewan Crop Report. Provincially, farmers are 51 per cent done, putting them miles ahead of the five-year average of 28 […] Read more
Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Weather

Prairie canola weathers early frost test

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Despite freezing temperatures in some parts of Western Canada over the past few days, canola appears to be relatively healthy, according to crop watchers. While the true extent of freezing mornings that started last Thursday and stretched into the weekend isn’t yet completely known, two agronomy specialists from the Canola Council of […] Read more
Average sea surface temperature in degrees Celsius over the Pacific Ocean for the week centred on May 4, 2016. Anomalies computed with respect to the 1981-2010 base period weekly means. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Livestock, Weather

Forecasters see rising likelihood of La Nina in 2016

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday heightened its projections for the La Nina weather phenomenon to take place in the Northern Hemisphere later this year, on the heels of an El Nino likely to fade by early summer. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, in its […] Read more
(Canada Beef Inc. photo)
Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Saskatchewan wheat crop enters crucial phase

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Freezing temperatures are raising tensions for wheat growers in Saskatchewan as this year’s crop looks to survive a late blast of winter weather. The mercury dipped below 0 C in Saskatchewan on Thursday morning and Friday morning. Speaking Thursday afternoon, a regional crop specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Shannon Friesen, […] Read more

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