Weather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Argentine wheat seedings slowed by rain

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team August 3, 2017

CNS Canada – Argentina’s hope for a near-record wheat crop have been dampened by excessive rain and below-average seedings. With planting nearly complete, the United States Department of Agriculture office in Buenos Aires has estimated the Argentine wheat crop at 12.8 million acres. That falls about one million acres below the official USDA forecast of

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Models confident in high pressure

Issued July 31, 2017 – Covering the period from August 2 to August 9, 2017

By Daniel Bezte August 3, 2017

With the exception of a few timing issues, last week’s forecast was pretty decent as high pressure dominated the picture, bringing with it the warmest weather of the summer. This forecast period looks to begin with a little break from the hot, muggy weather, though that break may be short lived as it appears likely

MASC’s Doug Wilcox with a test plot of soybeans showing simulated hail damage.

Crops, Local news, Weather

Hail damage in soybeans continues to rise

MASC sees record hail claims after two of the worst years  for hail damage in recent history

By Ron Friesen August 3, 2017

Soybeans are having a ‘hail’ of a time in Manitoba, thanks to two of the worst years for hail damage in recent memory. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation in 2016 paid soybean growers $5.2 million in hail damage claims, 12 per cent of its total hail payouts for that year, statistics show. The year before, in

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Winter wheat, rye harvest begins, many areas dry

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 31

By Manitoba Agriculture July 31, 2017

Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is underway in Central Manitoba. Grass seed harvest has begun in Central Manitoba and the Interlake. Many regions in the province are below normal precipitation and would benefit from rain. Most of the Southwest and Northwest received less than 5 mm of rain over the past week. Heat unit

Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: High pressure set to dominate for the next few days

Issued July 24, 2017 – Covering the period from July 26 to August 2, 2017

By Daniel Bezte July 27, 2017

So far this summer forecasting the weather has been tough, to say the least. We’ve basically been in a battle between a ridge of high pressure to our southwest and an active storm track to our north. Every time the weather models predict that the ridge of high pressure will win out, a storm system

Comment/Feedback, Markets, Weather

U.S. weather scares funds out of their shorts

Hot and dry conditions throughout much of the U.S. are causing supply concerns

By Karen Braun July 25, 2017

Speculators have turned bullish across all three Chicago and Minneapolis wheat contracts for the first time in over two years. Funds are also buying back gobs of corn and soybean contracts after being record or near-record short in recent weeks. Crops in the United States are extremely sensitive to weather at this time of year.

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Weather conditions see crops quickly advance, disease, insect pressures low

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 24, 2017

By Manitoba Agriculture July 24, 2017

Hot and humid weather conditions across much of the province are advancing crops quickly. Winter cereals and some early seeded spring cereals are starting to turn. Areas in the Southwest, Northwest and Central regions are well below normal precipitation and would benefit from rain. Thunderstorms brought damaging winds and hail to some areas of Manitoba.

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Improving forecast weighs on corn, soybeans

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub July 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday, pressured by outlooks for some relief for crops stressed by hot and dry weather during the past few weeks, traders said. “It is a little bit of a moderation in the weather forecast,” said Bill Gentry, a broker at Risk Management Commodities. “The

Columns, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: A potential heat wave, again

By Daniel Bezte July 20, 2017

Last week’s forecast began with a much-stronger-than-anticipated area of low pressure that brought some welcome rains to a good portion of southern and central Manitoba. The rest of the forecast played out fairly well, but once again, the forecast heat didn’t really materialize as the western ridge of high pressure is continually knocked down every

Crops, Weather

Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel July 20, 2017

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Buyers looking to Canada for high-quality wheat to make bread as drought roils output in the northern U.S. may be thwarted, as dry weather has also hit crops there. Wheat plants with the high protein content needed to bake bread have shrivelled in the U.S., one of the world’s top exporters,

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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