Weather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

CNS Canada –– Dry conditions causing production concerns across large areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan are certainly bad for the crops, but the weather could prove ideal for grasshoppers. Grasshopper forecast maps put out over the winter were not initially all that bad for Alberta and Saskatchewan, given the conditions in 2014, but weather in

Crops, Weather

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — While fusarium head blight and wheat streak mosaic have already popped up in Manitoba fields, a new strain of disease is making its presence felt in the province’s south. Stripe rust and leaf rust appear to have blown in from the United States. Pam de Rocquigny of Manitoba’s agriculture department said the

Livestock, Weather

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 18, 2015

Early data from federal pesticide regulators appear to suggest Ontario’s bee yards are moving past a spell of unusually high death losses seen around the 2012 and 2013 planting seasons. Combining the numbers of acute honey bee mortality “incidents” by bee yard in Ontario in the 2015 pre-planting and planting periods, up to June 11, Health Canada’s

Weather, Weather Vane

Weather forecast period sees Prairies stuck between storm tracks

Issued: Monday, June 15, 2015 – Covering: June 17 – June 24, 2015

By Daniel Bezte June 18, 2015

The general weather pattern hasn’t changed much since the last forecast. We are still stuck in a split flow, with the northern stream across the central/northern Prairies and the southern stream across the northern U.S. As systems move along both of these tracks and interact, the split flow will sag slightly southward or drift a

Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather issues dominate corn, soy in short term

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 17, 2015

CNS Canada –– Excess moisture across broad swaths of the the U.S. Midwest and southern Plains has dampened the outlook for U.S. corn and soybean crops in the near future. Both crops finished higher on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to cap off the week ended Wednesday; however, the current outlook is dim, according

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rise on weather outlook

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub June 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday as concerns about rain forcing some farmers to dial back their plantings sparked a round of short-covering, traders said. Corn and wheat futures also closed higher, supported by technical buying as well as some weather-related concerns. Soybeans, which notched a second straight day of double

Crops, Weather

Man. potato acres expected to top previous year’s

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus June 16, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s potato acres are expected to be up from last year, despite some light reseeding, according to two people involved in the industry. Dan Sawatzky, manager with the Keystone Potato Producers Association, said most growers are ahead in terms of crop stage development so far this year. “I know in the process

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 7

Conditions as of June 15

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development June 16, 2015

Weekly Provincial Summary Seeding operations in Manitoba are essentially complete for the 2015 season, with the exception of some greenfeed crops. Crops benefitted from the warmer temperatures over the past week and allowed producers to make good progress on weed control operations. Weed control, and fungicide applications where warranted, will remain a priority for producers

Farmland south of Turtleford benefited from recent rain. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Weather

Guenther: Rain drops in on NW Sask.

By GFM Network News, Lisa Guenther June 15, 2015

Farmers and ranchers in northwestern Saskatchewan received much-needed rain late last week and over the weekend. Tom Brown raises cattle and is a crop reporter for Saskatchewan Agriculture and the reeve for the Rural Municipality of Mervin. His farm at Turtleford, about 80 km east of Lloydminster, received 11 mm of rain on Thursday night,

Crops, Markets, Weather

Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 15, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Light rains sprinkled Western Canada’s crops and pastures during the weekend, but amounts fell well short of what’s needed to remedy dry conditions that have stunted growth, analysts said Monday. Rains were scattered across the Prairies and similar light amounts are expected during the next two weeks, Commodity Weather Group said

Daily Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

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Weather

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

Weather forecast period sees Prairies stuck between storm tracks

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather issues dominate corn, soy in short term

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rise on weather outlook

Man. potato acres expected to top previous year’s

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 7

Guenther: Rain drops in on NW Sask.

Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures

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