Weather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Warm weather aids seeding, but winter still lingers

CNS Canada — A late spring snowstorm will delay seeding operations in northern Saskatchewan, but better weather across most other areas of the Prairies is allowing producers to make headway getting this year’s crop in the ground. Up to 30 centimetres of snow fell in and around Saskatoon on Saturday and Sunday, knocking out power

Crops, Markets, Weather

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 27, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The European Union’s crop monitoring service on Monday lifted its yield forecasts for this year’s soft wheat, barley and rapeseed harvests with growing conditions remaining mostly favourable despite a recent dry spell. Yields will stay below levels seen in 2014, when the EU posted record production in several crops, but exceed

Weather, Weather Vane

Cool weather pattern returns

Issued: Monday, April 20, 2015 – Covering: April 22 – April 29, 2015

By Daniel Bezte April 23, 2015

As the weather models predicted last week, a strong area of low pressure in both the lower and upper levels of the atmosphere has developed to our east over the Great Lakes. At first it looked like this low would be smaller and farther east, only bringing us a short shot of cold air, but

Crops, Markets, Weather

CN, CP book higher grain revenues in Q1

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 22, 2015

A bump in gross revenue from grain handling helped to improve first-quarter results for both of Canada’s big two railways. Canadian National Railway (CN) on Monday reported overall net income of $704 million on $3.098 billion in revenue for the quarter ending March 31, up from $623 million on $2.693 billion in the year-earlier period.

Crops, Markets, Weather

Opinions mixed ahead of StatsCan acreage report

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 21, 2015

CNS Canada –– An early spring and relatively dry fields across much of Western Canada should allow farmers to increase total seeded acreage in 2015, but most analysts only expect minor adjustments on a crop-by-crop basis when Statistics Canada releases its planting intentions report. “StatsCan acreage numbers are always a bit unpredictable… but nobody is

Crops, Weather

Shorter winter favours honeybees

Some high overwintering losses may be attributed to inexperience and not the winter weather

By Shannon VanRaes April 21, 2015

While it’s too early to know for certain, this year’s shorter winter has all the hallmarks of overwintering success for Manitoba beekeepers. “I would expect good overwintering success,” said Allan Campbell, president of the Manitoba Beekeepers’ Association, adding that winter is a key factor for Prairie apiarists. “The winter conditions, I expect that to make

Crops, Markets, Weather

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 17, 2015

Canadian farmers are expected to take area out of summerfallow this spring for more acres of almost all major grains, oilseeds, pulses and special crops, the federal agriculture department said Friday. Canada’s total 2015-16 crop production is forecast to rise, due mainly to higher seeded area, due in turn to lower area in summerfallow and

Weather, Weather Vane

Mild weather should continue

Issued: Monday, April 13, 2015 – Covering: April 15 – April 22, 2015

By Daniel Bezte April 16, 2015

The weather pattern played out a little quicker than forecast last week. The mild weather moved in as expected, but the cold front moved through on Sunday instead of Monday. For this forecast period it looks like the mild weather will continue, but the overall pattern, while mainly dry, will be fairly active. This means

Crops, Weather

U.S. spring wheat seeding ahead of average pace

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team April 14, 2015

CNS Canada — Hard red spring wheat planting in the U.S. is underway and advancing faster than average due to favourable warm, dry weather in many regions, according to the North Dakota Wheat Commission’s crop progress report. As of Sunday, 17 per cent of the U.S. spring wheat crop was in the ground, up from

Crops, Forages, Weather

Prairie forage crops to benefit from early spring weather

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells April 14, 2015

CNS Canada — Forage crops in Western Canada are in a much better place this spring compared to a year ago, as spring’s early arrival will benefit crop development. The milder winter was also beneficial in preserving forage supplies, with feed stocks adequate to good in many regions, said Terry Kowalchuk, a provincial forage specialist

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

Weather

Warm weather aids seeding, but winter still lingers

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

Cool weather pattern returns

CN, CP book higher grain revenues in Q1

Opinions mixed ahead of StatsCan acreage report

Shorter winter favours honeybees

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

Mild weather should continue

U.S. spring wheat seeding ahead of average pace

Prairie forage crops to benefit from early spring weather

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Latest Market News