Agriculture Weather & Forecast

Lower-quality malt barley still commanding firm prices

By Dave Sims January 6, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Western Canadian malt barley is still receiving firm bids despite a lack of high-quality supplies, according to industry watchers. “Prices are still fairly high but quality is fairly low.” said Reid Fenton, president of BLB Grain Group at Three Hills, Alta. “If it grows, it goes,” is how he described the current […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Weather, Winter Wheat

Arctic air surge puts U.S. SRW wheat at risk of winterkill

By Christine Stebbins January 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — An arctic blast hitting the U.S. Midwest this week will put a third of the dormant soft red winter (SRW) wheat crop at risk of damage, agricultural meteorologists said Monday. “It looks like extensive sub-zero temperatures on Wednesday night in the soft wheat belt will leave one-third of the belt at […] Read more

Livestock, Weather

Tax deferrals kick in for soaked and parched West

By Country Guide Staff December 30, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ranchers under pressure from this year’s drought in B.C. and northwestern Alberta and excess moisture in western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan may get income tax deferrals for their trouble. The federal government on Tuesday released its first list of designated areas for 2014, within which eligible producers who sold breeding livestock may be allowed to […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Recent mild spell seen hurting Prairie winter wheat

By Terryn Shiells December 17, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Recent milder weather seen in Western Canada was unfavourable for winter wheat crops and has left the crops more vulnerable to winterkill. “The major impact is that it melted some of the snow cover that the winter wheat had, and in a lot of cases now some of those fields are bare,” […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat hits six-month top on worries over Russian exports

By Julie Ingwersen December 16, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed to a six-month high Tuesday on lingering fears that Russia might seek to curb grain exports as a result of pressure on the rouble. Soybeans fell on improving South American crop prospects and softening values for soymeal while corn retreated from multimonth highs set […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Major storm hits drought-stricken California

By Curtis Skinner, Emmett Berg December 11, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes San Francisco | Reuters — A Pacific storm lashed drought-parched northern and central California on Thursday with heavy rain and high winds, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights, washing out roads and prompting school closures in the Bay Area. Nearly 240 departing and incoming commercial flights had been canceled at […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Weather

UAE-Egypt alliance expands to desert wheat venture

By Maggie Fick, Maha El Dahan December 9, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Abu Dhabi/Cairo | Reuters — Egypt and two companies from its strong backer United Arab Emirates have embarked on an ambitious plan to grow wheat in the desert that could boost the Cairo government’s credibility if successful. Egypt, the world’s biggest wheat importer, has long aspired to become self-sufficient in its staple food through various […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

More rain on the way for California, but drought may not be over

By Reuters December 5, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sacramento | Reuters — This week’s California storms dumped up to 7.6 cm of rain on the parched state and more wet weather is on the way, but it is too soon to know whether there will be enough precipitation this winter to remedy three years of drought, forecasters said. Although the sun came out […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Return to ‘normal’ ice conditions expected for Great Lakes

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 3, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — After record ice levels kept shipping lanes on the Great Lakes closed longer than normal during the 2013-14 winter, a return to more normal ice conditions is in the forecasts for 2014-15, according to data compiled by the North American Ice Service and released Wednesday. “Right now, we’re looking at a near-normal […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Dry spell to create ideal conditions for Argentine grains

By Reuters December 1, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute Buenos Aires | Reuters — Heavy rains during the weekend will be followed by a dry spell across much of Argentina’s grains belt, creating ideal growing conditions for the 2014-15 corn and soy crop, a local meteorologist said on Monday. German Heinzenknecht, meteorologist with the (CCA) Applied Climatology Consultancy, said about 50 millimetres fell across […] Read more

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Lower-quality malt barley still commanding firm prices

Arctic air surge puts U.S. SRW wheat at risk of winterkill

Tax deferrals kick in for soaked and parched West

Recent mild spell seen hurting Prairie winter wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat hits six-month top on worries over Russian exports

Major storm hits drought-stricken California

UAE-Egypt alliance expands to desert wheat venture

More rain on the way for California, but drought may not be over

Return to ‘normal’ ice conditions expected for Great Lakes

Dry spell to create ideal conditions for Argentine grains

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