Agriculture Weather & Forecast

Manitoba’s winter wheat seeding stalled

By Jade Markus September 8, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Manitoba winter wheat seeding is underway, but farmers are facing some complications in areas where other crops aren’t out of the ground yet. Winter wheat seeding traditionally takes place from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15. “But it’s been a bit tricky this year,” said Jake Davidson, executive director at Winter Cereals Canada. […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Hard-luck Prairie farmers may get late-season weather break

By Rod Nickel September 8, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters –– Farmers in Western Canada, whose crops have been battered this year by drought and hail, may be in line for a break in the weather as they bring in the harvest. Temperatures are forecast to remain above freezing for more than a week, delaying the first significant harvest frost later than […] Read more

Record showers in August have already swamped parts of Argentina, with more rain on the way next month. (Argentina.gob.ar)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Weather

El Nino seen pushing Argentina into planting more soy, less corn

By Hugh Bronstein September 3, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Buenos Aires | Reuters — The El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to start dumping torrential rains on Argentina next month, pushing farmers to plant more low-cost soy and less corn despite concern over lack of crop rotation in one of the world’s main food suppliers. Argentina, the No. 1 exporter of soymeal livestock feed […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Rain and eventually frost in store for Sask., Man.

By Jade Markus September 3, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Early-September rains will likely interrupt harvest progress in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, according to a U.S. meteorologist — but producers will still likely be able to avoid frost. Field work will operate around rains that are expected to fall between Sept. 6 and 9, said Drew Lerner, president of World Weather Inc. “We’ve […] Read more

Crops, Weather

New Sask. farm drainage rules ready for rollout

By Country Guide Staff September 1, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan has laid out a new set of regulations meant to bring all farm drainage works — including previously grandfathered drains — into compliance in the next 10 years. The regulations, announced Tuesday, will first be applied to pilot projects in the province’s east — in the Souris Basin, near Stoughton, and the Assiniboine Basin, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

This year’s El Nino could be strongest on record

By Tom Miles September 1, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Geneva | Reuters — The current El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to peak between October and January and could turn into one of the strongest on record, experts from the World Meteorological Organization said at a news conference Tuesday. Climate models and experts suggest surface waters in the east-central Pacific Ocean are likely to […] Read more

Belinda Cay, at right. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Weather

Youth Ag-Summit: How Australian ag benefits from biotech

By Lisa Guenther August 28, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute A speaker at the international Youth-Ag Summit in Canberra, Belinda Cay of the Grains Research and Development Corporation of Australia discusses how new crop varieties have improved yields on that continent, including on her own family’s farm.

Barley, Crops, Markets, Weather

High protein, high yields seen in early malt barley

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 27, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– High protein levels could prove a challenge for Canadian maltsters this year, but the quality of the country’s malt barley crop is generally looking better than had been expected as harvest activity starts up across the Prairies, according to a broker. “Everything is high, high, high; high yields, high plump, high bushel […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Rain in Sask., Man. stalls harvest, causes crop damage

By Jade Markus August 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Rain in Manitoba and Saskatchewan has stalled harvest and caused crop damage, but moving forward, conditions should improve, two industry specialists predict. Shannon Friesen, a regional crops specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in Moose Jaw, said recent rains have delayed harvest and stalled maturity in some crops. Producers have found peas and canola […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

StatsCan production estimates ‘too low’ for canola, wheat

By Terryn Shiells August 21, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Statistics Canada released its first survey-based production estimates for the 2015-16 crop year Friday morning, with canola and wheat figures coming in at the lower end of expectations. But the grain trade is shrugging off the report, as it believes final production numbers for most crops will be larger than what Statistics […] Read more

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Manitoba’s winter wheat seeding stalled

Hard-luck Prairie farmers may get late-season weather break

El Nino seen pushing Argentina into planting more soy, less corn

Rain and eventually frost in store for Sask., Man.

New Sask. farm drainage rules ready for rollout

This year’s El Nino could be strongest on record

Youth Ag-Summit: How Australian ag benefits from biotech

High protein, high yields seen in early malt barley

Rain in Sask., Man. stalls harvest, causes crop damage

StatsCan production estimates ‘too low’ for canola, wheat

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