News - Crops

A weather and crop specialist with CWB reports grain yields this year will be slightly above average but crop quality will suffer.

A weather and crop specialist with CWB says the frost that’s expected this week will result in reduced crop quality and lost yield, especially in the later seeded crops.

A weather and crop specialist with CWB reports this year’s late spring has resulted in close to two million acres left unseeded and raised concerns over the potential for crops that were planted being damaged this fall by frost.

The executive director of Winter Cereals Canada expects livestock producers to continue to grow CDC Falcon even after it is moved from the Canada Western Red Winter class to the Western General Purpose class.

With record high yields this year, overall grain production is well ahead of last year’s crop.

Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives says considering this year’s slow start the province’s farmers are pleased with the progress of crop development so far.

A weather and crop specialist with CWB reports, despite this year’s late start to spring seeding, the majority of prairie farmers were able to get the crops they wanted to grow planted.

A weather and crop specialist with CWB reports hot weather over the past week has been just what was needed to speed along crop development.

An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri says how the weather impacts next year’s crop production will be the biggest factor impacting the profitability of North American hog producers.

A weather and crop specialist with CWB reports yield and quality prospects for western Canada’s 2012 crop look good.