Reading Time: 3 minutes Sometimes it’s all or nothing where Mother Nature is concerned. The growing seasons in 2020 and 2021 were both dry, so it’s perhaps not surprising that in a trial designed to quantify the impact of using a seed treatment on spring wheat, there’d be very little return on investment in those years. It’ll be more […] Read more
No ROI for seed treatments — so far
Results to date were from dry years, so watch for 2022 results
Fiona batters Eastern Canada’s farms, fishery
'You'll hear me swearing in Saskatchewan'
Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters — Powerful storm Fiona slammed into Canada’s eastern fishing and farm industries over the weekend, smashing wharves, food processing plants and barns that will take months to repair. One of the worst storms Canada has ever faced left more than one-third of customers in Nova Scotia without power, swept homes into the […] Read more
Cleanup work begins for Eastern Canada after Fiona
Five provinces assessing damage from 'unprecedented' storm
Reading Time: 3 minutes Port aux Basques | Reuters — It will take several months for Canada to restore critical infrastructure after the powerful storm Fiona left an “unprecedented” trail of destruction, officials said on Sunday, as crews fanned out in five provinces to restore power and clean up fallen trees and debris. One 73-year-old woman died during the […] Read more
Fiona pounds Bermuda as Canada braces for major jolt
Up to eight inches of rain expected along path
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hamilton, Bermuda/Halifax, N.S. | Reuters — Hurricane Fiona pounded the Atlantic island of Bermuda with heavy rain and winds on Friday as it tracked northward toward Eastern Canada, where it threatens to become one of the most severe storms in Canadian history. Fiona had already battered a series of Caribbean islands earlier in the week, […] Read more
Wild horses face unruly storms as Fiona nears East Coast
Damages feared to buildings, utilities, crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa | Reuters — Shaggy, long-maned wild horses grazing freely on the sandy grasslands of the crescent-shaped Sable Island in the North Atlantic are expected to come under the swipe of a powerful storm forecast to hit Eastern Canada this weekend. Hurricane Fiona, tracking northward after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and […] Read more
Atlantic Canada on Hurricane Fiona’s path, broad impact expected
Parts of Nova Scotia more vulnerable to flooding
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Hurricane Fiona is headed toward Eastern Canada and is expected to reach its Atlantic region by Friday in what could be a severe weather event as the storm continues to gain strength, Canadian meteorologists said Wednesday. Fiona powered up to a Category 4 storm on Wednesday, packing winds as high as 215 km/h, […] Read more
Nearly a million people face starvation in hunger hotspots, U.N. agencies report
Reading Time: < 1 minute London | Reuters — Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday. Local conflict and weather extremes remain the primary drivers of acute hunger, aggravated this […] Read more
What will King Charles’s reign mean for climate action?
Some projects may be handed to other family members
Reading Time: 4 minutes London | Thomson Reuters Foundation — As Britain’s King Charles III begins his reign after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, environmental campaigners will be watching closely to see if he continues to advocate for climate action and is able to help drive change as monarch. In his first speech to the nation […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: No effect seen on Alberta crops from hot, wet weather
Feed grain bids up on week in Alberta, Saskatchewan
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Harvest activity in Alberta continues to progress despite wet weather during the past week, according to Mike Fleischhauer, trader for Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. “We had some rain here about a week to 10 days ago. So, it puts some people in Alberta and Saskatchewan a little bit behind,” he said. “It’s been […] Read more
Prairies’ high-pressure ridge should give way by mid-month
Brisk harvest pace expected meanwhile
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — While there’s not one specific cause of the hot September the Canadian Prairies has generally been having so far, Weatherlogics chief scientist Scott Kehler notes one particular shorter-term factor. “There is a fairly strong upper-level ridge of high pressure across the Prairies right now,” he explained, adding it should dissipate by mid-month. The […] Read more
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