Agriculture Weather & Forecast

U.S. grains: Wheat wanes as rain expected on Plains

By Julie Ingwersen April 13, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell more than four per cent on Monday to the lowest in two weeks as forecasts for timely showers across dry U.S. crop regions eased concern over potential yield losses. Corn followed wheat lower, while soybeans fell on rising global stockpiles. At the CBOT, May […] Read more

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Japan forecaster sees El Nino likely to emerge by summer

By Reuters April 10, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tokyo | Reuters –– Japan’s weather bureau said in its monthly outlook on Friday that the possibility of an El Nino weather pattern forming by summer remains high, but gave no probability forecast. The previous El Nino, which emerged last summer, ended over winter and conditions appear to be normal now, the bureau said. Last […] Read more

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Crops, Weather

Some farmers already seeding in southern Alberta

By Terryn Shiells April 9, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Some farmers in southern Alberta are seeding earlier than normal this spring, thanks to some recent warmer weather. “Some guys are just starting to turn a wheel in southern Alberta,” Harry Brook, crop specialist with Alberta’s provincial Ag-Info Centre in Stettler, said Thursday. Soil temperatures are still not very warm, so more […] Read more

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Private wells added to Sask. flood protection program

By Country Guide Staff April 9, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes A provincial program covering Saskatchewan residents’ costs to put up emergency, permanent flood protection has been expanded to include projects to protect private wells. The province’s Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program (EFDRP) is offered to communities, rural municipalities, businesses, non-profit organizations, individual farm and country residences and cottages facing “imminent flooding.” The 2015 program, launched […] Read more

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U.S. forecaster now sees 70 per cent chance of El Nino summer

By Reuters April 9, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute New York | Reuters –– A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday raised its forecast for the chance of El Nino conditions during the Northern Hemisphere summer to 70 per cent, up from a 60 per cent chance last month, with a 60 per cent chance it lasts through autumn. The Climate Prediction Center, an […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

India’s PM boosts compensation for farmers to ease rural discontent

By Reuters April 8, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi | Reuters –– Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced higher compensation and government aid for farmers who are suffering due to unseasonable rains, in an attempt to calm growing discontent among people living in the countryside. Storms have badly damaged crops in large parts of northern India and led to anger […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Dryness being watched in parts of Western Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 8, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The snowpack is gone and moisture levels are low across many agricultural areas of Western Canada, which should allow for an early start to spring seeding. However, the lack of moisture could lead to problems down the road if there is no timely precipitation later in the season. While there are no […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Weather

Pea growers weigh demand opportunities against root rot

By Dave Sims April 6, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Pea acreage in Western Canada could rise by five to 10 per cent this year, according to one industry expert, who notes root rot threatens to curtail that projection. Demand from India, China and Bangladesh is strong and that means total pea area could hit four million acres, said Carl Potts, executive […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Manitoba sunflower acres set to rise

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– An early spring and drier conditions in western Manitoba, together with relatively favourable prices, should lead to an increase in sunflower plantings in the province this year. “Assuming that the southwest won’t be wet this year, we’re expecting that acres will be over 100,000,” said Darcelle Graham, executive director of the National […] Read more

The CWB Marquis — one of two new laker vessels the former Canadian Wheat Board ordered in 2011 — arrived at St. Lambert on April 2 for the reopening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The federal Transportation Safety Board reported the Marquis ran aground the next day at Beauharnois, Que., about 45 km southwest of St. Lambert, but refloated later that evening and continued en route to Hamilton. (CWB.ca)

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

CWB’s new laker boat opens St. Lawrence Seaway

By Country Guide Staff April 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes The first of CWB’s new laker vessels marked the official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway for 2015 on Thursday, passing through the South Shore Canal’s St. Lambert Lock near Montreal. The seaway navigation season’s official opening had previously been set for March 27, but officials opted in early March to put off the opening […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat wanes as rain expected on Plains

Japan forecaster sees El Nino likely to emerge by summer

Some farmers already seeding in southern Alberta

Private wells added to Sask. flood protection program

U.S. forecaster now sees 70 per cent chance of El Nino summer

India’s PM boosts compensation for farmers to ease rural discontent

Dryness being watched in parts of Western Canada

Pea growers weigh demand opportunities against root rot

Manitoba sunflower acres set to rise

CWB’s new laker boat opens St. Lawrence Seaway

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