Agriculture Weather & Forecast

Soybeans’ potential seen growing on Prairies

By Dave Sims, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Soybean acres in Canada — particularly Western Canada — are expected to be on the rise, according to an analyst. “I’m basing that on new varieties as well as price,” Chris Beckman, oilseeds analyst for the grains and oilseeds division of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, told the annual Wild Oats […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Global durum crops in good shape, for now

By Terryn Shiells February 23, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Since North America and Australia both produced poor-quality durum crops in 2014-15, all eyes are on Mexico, the U.S. desert, Europe and North Africa to come up with some higher-quality product. And so far, most crops in those areas look fairly good, Alan Hegemeier, a merchandiser with CHS Inc., said […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn acres expected to be ‘down or flat’

By Dave Sims February 21, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A mixture of extremely wet conditions in 2014 and a projected dry outlook for southwestern Manitoba are leading one corn expert to predict fewer corn acres in the province in 2015. “The southwest was wet, wet, wet and now they’re expecting to be dry, dry, dry. Neither of those conditions is great […] Read more

Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Mustard acres expected to soften slightly in 2015

By Dave Sims February 19, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian mustard seeds could be vying for attention this spring from some of their more lucrative rivals, the chairman of the Saskatchewan Mustard Seed Development Commission predicts. “I would say mustard acres would be down a little bit from the previous year just based on the profit potential for other crops,” said […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Optimism for Canada to plant 100K acres to sunflowers

By Dave Sims February 17, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Wet weather may have cost western Canadian producers 20,000 acres of sunflowers last year, according to one industry watcher who’s hopeful 2015 will be a little kinder. “We were anticipating over 100,000 acres last year and as it turned out we came into that 80,000 range,” said Ben Friesen, purchasing manager for […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather, Winter Wheat

Arctic blast hits U.S. Midwest, some wheat at risk of winterkill

By Christine Stebbins February 17, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters –– An arctic blast hitting the heart of the U.S. Midwest soft red winter wheat belt this week will put 10 to 15 per cent of the dormant crop at risk of winterkill damage, agricultural meteorologists said Tuesday. While most of the northern Midwest wheat crop is protected by snow from frigid […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

New Zealand declares partial drought, offers farm assistance

By Naomi Tajitsu February 12, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand has declared a drought in parts of the country’s South Island, offering financial assistance and tax relief to farmers after dry conditions have cut dairy production and increased sheep and beef slaughter rates. The government on Thursday said medium-scale drought conditions were affecting the east coast of the South […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

‘River of rain’ begins falling on drought-stricken California

By Dan Whitcomb February 6, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Los Angeles | Reuters — A so-called “atmospheric river of rain” began falling on northern California on Friday, bringing worries about flash floods, high winds and mudslides but offering little relief to a state left parched by several years of drought. The storm, also known as a “Pineapple Express” because it results from a ribbon […] Read more

The rocket carrying the SMAP soil moisture observatory lifts off Jan. 31 at California’s Vandenberg AFB. (Bill Ingalls photo courtesy NASA)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

NASA launches satellite to map soil moisture

By Irene Klotz January 31, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — An unmanned Delta 2 rocket was launched Saturday to put a NASA satellite into orbit that is expected to improve drought monitoring and flooding forecasts. The 39-metre rocket, built and flown by United Launch Alliance, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:22 a.m. PT, the U.S. National Aeronautics and […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Australia’s temperatures found fastest-rising worldwide

By Jane Wardell January 28, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sydney | Reuters –– Australia faces a rise in temperature of potentially more than 5 C by the end of the century, outpacing global warming worldwide, the country’s national science agency said Tuesday. In its most comprehensive analysis yet of the impacts of climate change, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) painted a […] Read more

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Soybeans’ potential seen growing on Prairies

Global durum crops in good shape, for now

Manitoba corn acres expected to be ‘down or flat’

Mustard acres expected to soften slightly in 2015

Optimism for Canada to plant 100K acres to sunflowers

Arctic blast hits U.S. Midwest, some wheat at risk of winterkill

New Zealand declares partial drought, offers farm assistance

‘River of rain’ begins falling on drought-stricken California

NASA launches satellite to map soil moisture

Australia’s temperatures found fastest-rising worldwide

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