Agriculture Weather & Forecast

Drier bias seen on horizon for Manitoba

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 30, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Warm and dry weather is allowing for a good start to spring seeding in Manitoba, but that dryness could pose problems down the road as its longer-term outlook is also on the dry side, according to meteorologist Drew Lerner. Temperatures on Thursday in Manitoba were hitting levels more normally seen in the […] Read more

Agronomist Mike Lee trekked 5,000 km through Ukraine and Russia over 12 days to evaluate crop conditions and get a sense of economic pressures farmers face in the region. (Photo courtesy Mike Lee)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Crop tour in Russia, Ukraine finds mid-sized farms under pressure

By Lisa Guenther April 30, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Conflict in Ukraine has left the country’s farmers in a tight spot, as they’ve told agronomist Mike Lee. Lee, who grew up in the U.K. but has managed large farms in Ukraine and worked in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia, traveled 5,000 km through Ukraine and Russia in late March, evaluating winter crops and talking to farmers. […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Warm weather aids seeding, but winter still lingers

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 29, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A late spring snowstorm will delay seeding operations in northern Saskatchewan, but better weather across most other areas of the Prairies is allowing producers to make headway getting this year’s crop in the ground. Up to 30 centimetres of snow fell in and around Saskatoon on Saturday and Sunday, knocking out power […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

By Reuters April 27, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters — The European Union’s crop monitoring service on Monday lifted its yield forecasts for this year’s soft wheat, barley and rapeseed harvests with growing conditions remaining mostly favourable despite a recent dry spell. Yields will stay below levels seen in 2014, when the EU posted record production in several crops, but exceed […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

CN, CP book higher grain revenues in Q1

By Country Guide Staff April 22, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes A bump in gross revenue from grain handling helped to improve first-quarter results for both of Canada’s big two railways. Canadian National Railway (CN) on Monday reported overall net income of $704 million on $3.098 billion in revenue for the quarter ending March 31, up from $623 million on $2.693 billion in the year-earlier period. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Opinions mixed ahead of StatsCan acreage report

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 21, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– An early spring and relatively dry fields across much of Western Canada should allow farmers to increase total seeded acreage in 2015, but most analysts only expect minor adjustments on a crop-by-crop basis when Statistics Canada releases its planting intentions report. “StatsCan acreage numbers are always a bit unpredictable… but nobody is […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

By Country Guide Staff April 17, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian farmers are expected to take area out of summerfallow this spring for more acres of almost all major grains, oilseeds, pulses and special crops, the federal agriculture department said Friday. Canada’s total 2015-16 crop production is forecast to rise, due mainly to higher seeded area, due in turn to lower area in summerfallow and […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

U.S. spring wheat seeding ahead of average pace

By MarketsFarm Team April 14, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Hard red spring wheat planting in the U.S. is underway and advancing faster than average due to favourable warm, dry weather in many regions, according to the North Dakota Wheat Commission’s crop progress report. As of Sunday, 17 per cent of the U.S. spring wheat crop was in the ground, up from […] Read more

Crops, Forages, Weather

Prairie forage crops to benefit from early spring weather

By Terryn Shiells April 14, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Forage crops in Western Canada are in a much better place this spring compared to a year ago, as spring’s early arrival will benefit crop development. The milder winter was also beneficial in preserving forage supplies, with feed stocks adequate to good in many regions, said Terry Kowalchuk, a provincial forage specialist […] Read more

(Manitoba Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Corn, Crops, Weather

Man. corn planting seen starting last week of April

By Dave Sims April 14, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– The dry bias to this year’s spring, along with recent warm temperatures, leads one Manitoba agronomist to conclude corn will soon be going into the ground. “By the last week in April… unless some weather shift happens,” said Morgan Cott, agronomist for the Manitoba Corn Growers Association. Excess moisture shortened last year’s […] Read more

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Drier bias seen on horizon for Manitoba

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EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

CN, CP book higher grain revenues in Q1

Opinions mixed ahead of StatsCan acreage report

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

U.S. spring wheat seeding ahead of average pace

Prairie forage crops to benefit from early spring weather

Man. corn planting seen starting last week of April

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