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Excessive moisture from the May long weekend storm might trigger more crop insurance claims than the widespread frost. Snow just about buried this tillering winter wheat near Holland, Man. (MAFRD photos by Anastasia Kubinec)
Crops, Weather

Dawson: Moisture may trigger more Man. crop claims than frost

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Excessive moisture in Manitoba from the Victoria Day long weekend might result in more crop insurance claims than frost. “From our perspective the amount of rain and snow that came with this storm is probably as big a concern as the frost itself,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.’s manager of claim services, said […] Read more
(Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose more than one per cent on Thursday, lifted by worries that U.S. rains could reduce grain quality and that dry conditions in Russia and Canada would stress crops. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also jumped, rising in sympathy with wheat, while soybeans were nearly unchanged, anchored […] Read more
Cutworms. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Crops, Weather

Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

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Reading Time: 2 minutes If you’re an Alberta farmer and your crops have got cutworms, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development wants to know. Scott Meers, an entomologist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, is asking farmers to report cutworms online. The province uses those reports to create an interactive map displaying cutworm sightings. Meers and provincial insect research technologist […] Read more
Dawson: Time to assess crops for frost, water damage
Crops, Weather

Dawson: Time to assess crops for frost, water damage

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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
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Prairie winter wheat set back by cold

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Recent cold temperatures in parts of Western Canada should cause some setbacks for winter wheat, but most of the crop is likely still in decent shape, according to an analyst. Farmers in the three Prairie provinces seeded 665,000 acres of winter wheat in the fall of 2014, with about 565,000 acres surviving […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to contract lows on speedy plantings

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to contract lows while corn eased 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, pressured by faster-than-normal spring plantings and overall favourable crop conditions in the U.S. Wheat futures tumbled two per cent at the Chicago Board of Trade, with all three markets reversing from gains in the previous session as […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Agrium)
Crops, Weather

Ottawa’s new GHG goal eyes fertilizer, chem sectors

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government’s new target, to cut the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels in the next 15 years, will involve new regulations on fertilizer and chemical companies’ output. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the government’s new target and general plans on Friday in Winnipeg, but hasn’t yet specified […] Read more

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