Guide Business, Opinion, Weather

How big is your market?

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Crops, Guide Business, Weather

Taking charge of climate

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Crops, Weather

VIDEO: Big rain in southern Ontario poses crop challenges

Posted on June 26, 2017 by John Greig

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• Crops, News, Weather

  

  VIDEO: Wet fields in southern Ontario delaying planting

  While at least one crop appears to be benefitting from the overly wet conditions in southern Ontario,…

  May 2, 2017

• Weather

  Weather — it’s all in the cloud(s)

  I’m currently off exploring the mountains of southeastern B.C. and southwestern Alberta and due to my travels, will have go…

  July 14, 2016

• Weather

  He knows the weather

  When you spend 60 years doing something, you get pretty good at it, and Larry Romaniuk is very good at…

  November 27, 2015

• Weather

  Weather group builds network

  It’s a funny thing. For something so important, there isn’t much of a system in place to measure precipitation in…

  August 5, 2014

Weather

Today’s precipitation

By Staff, GFM Network News 1 day ago

Data and maps from weather stations across the Prairies are available to Glacier FarmMedia members at the WeatherFarm website, where you can also sign up for a daily forecast email for your area. On the go? Get the WeatherFarm mobile app, available for iPhone and Android devices. To learn more about the CoCoRaHS system that generates these […] Read more

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Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Manitoba winter wheat yields down

By Ashley Robinson, GFM Network News 3 days ago

CNS Canada — As the winter wheat harvest finishes up in Manitoba, initial reports are that yields are lower than in years past. “It was a disadvantage with the winter and with the weather conditions this summer it’s been pretty dry… so between the two, it’s kind of reduced yields,” said Doug Martin, chairman of […] Read more

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Crops, Weather

Pearce: Multiple modes of action an emerging reality for fungicides

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News 4 days ago

As growers face more challenges from weeds, diseases and insects, many researchers, agronomists, advisers and farmers have shifted thinking from “control” of pests to “managing” them. Some of this trend is attributable to single-mode-of-action products and a reliance on one or two chemistries or technologies — but the adaptability of weed, disease and insect species […] Read more

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Crops, Weather

Rye production could fall 25 per cent, analyst says

By Terry Fries, GFM Network News 5 days ago

CNS Canada — This year’s Canadian rye harvest appears positioned to carry on the crop’s recent trend with another production decline. Dry conditions in many regions of the Prairies and ergot in Manitoba are expected to drive down yields. Jonathan Hull of The Scoular Co. said he has been hearing from farmers that yields could […] Read more

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Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Heat blast threatens chickpea yields

By GFM Network News August 14, 2018

CNS Canada — Temperatures as high as 38 C were recorded in the western Prairies over the weekend — and with that heat comes questions about crop impact. Lentils and peas are far enough along that the recent heat wave is unlikely to affect them from a yield perspective, according to Carl Potts of Saskatchewan […] Read more

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Crops, Weather

Southern Sask. harvest underway

By GFM Network News August 9, 2018

CNS Canada — Saskatchewan farmers are starting to get into fields, especially in the south where three per cent of the crop has been combined. Overall, producers in the province have combined one per cent of the crop, in line with the five-year average. Two per cent has been swathed or is ready to be […] Read more

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Crops, Forages, Weather

Drought’s effects linger on Prairies

By Ashley Robinson, GFM Network News July 27, 2018

CNS Canada — After a dry growing season last year in Western Canada, effects of the drought are still evident with news that most livestock producers won’t be doing a second cut of hay. “Pastures and hay fields didn’t get the moisture that they needed to really recharge over that winter period and get a […] Read more

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Corn, Crops, Weather

Ontario, Manitoba corn crops need rain

By Terry Fries, GFM Network News July 26, 2018

CNS Canada — Corn development in key growing areas of Ontario and Manitoba remains highly variable as the crop nears its yield-determining phase. “The pollination stage is the critical part of the corn-growing period and I would say probably within the next three weeks we will know what yield is going to look like,” said […] Read more

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Canola, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Prairie crop tour sees slightly bigger wheat, canola yields

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 26, 2018

Saskatoon | Reuters — Canadian farmers were on track to reap slightly larger wheat and canola yields, despite dry conditions and a wide discrepancy in growth rates, a crop tour estimated on Thursday. The inaugural Grain World crop tour, organized by FarmLink Marketing Solutions, toured the Prairie provinces on Tuesday and Wednesday. Moisture conditions vary […] Read more

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Crops, Hay, Weather

Prairie hay crops look thin in many areas

By Terry Fries, GFM Network News July 19, 2018

CNS Canada — Many farmers taking off their first hay cuts are also gathering more talking points to grumble over at coffee row. While many producers are still working to get the first cut done and the situation could change with the second cut, many regions are already reporting below-average yields. “In areas of the […] Read more

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