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Nebraska State Police tweeted aerial footage on March 15, 2019 showing cattle stranded on tiny islands in floodwaters around Fremont, about 50 km northwest of Omaha. (Nebraska State Police photo via @NEStatePatrol on Twitter)
General, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. farm belt slammed by floods, heavy snow from bomb cyclone

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — A harsh late-winter storm broadsided a vast swath of the U.S. agriculture industry this week as heavy snow closed roads and buried cattle in the Plains while excessive rain flooded Midwest fields and swamped grain elevators. A “bomb cyclone” hurled hurricane-force winds, sparked tornadoes and dumped heavy snow and rain across the Plains […] Read more
A submerged bridge over the Red River in 2011. (IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Weather

Manitoba farmers unfazed by flood reports

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — As experts forecast a spring flood to hit southern Manitoba, farmers in the Red River Valley won’t be caught off guard. Manitoba’s Emergency Measures Organization held flood preparedness seminars in Morris, Brandon, and Selkirk throughout the week of March 11. Topics covered included the forecast, flood outlook, preparedness and response and disaster financial […] Read more
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General, Weather

B.C. grants late AgriStability enrolment for 2018

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Fire, flooding and a drop in raspberry prices in 2018 have spurred the federal and British Columbia governments to trigger the AgriStability late-participation mechanism. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her provincial counterpart Lana Popham, at an event Monday in Vernon, B.C., invoked the new late-participation rule for the 2018 AgriStability program year, “to help farmers […] Read more
Snow covered outdoor grill during a winter snowstorm frozen cold bar-be-que white-out background type space
Guide Life, Weather

Will it snow?

Volunteer research by these farmers is helping to advance weather science

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Reading Time: 4 minutes As farmers are well aware, rain and snowfall can vary considerably over short distances. What farmer hasn’t suffered a dry spell when promising rain clouds drifted north or south of their farm, giving their neighbours a crop-saving “million-dollar” rain? Likewise, we’ve all seen very small pockets get clobbered with gully-producing storms or crop-flattening hail. The […] Read more
Emerging corn plants in Canada. (Sophie-Caron/iStock/Getty Images)
Corn, Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan offers up corn rainfall insurance plan

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan’s crop insurance offerings for 2019 will include a new program allowing corn growers to insure against a substantial drop in moisture. The provincial and federal government on Feb. 26 rolled out Saskatchewan’s 2019 crop insurance program, in which coverage levels on average are to reach a record $230 per acre, up from $216 last […] Read more
A washout on Manitoba PR 346 south of Brandon in April 2017. (Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Alexis Stockford)
General, Weather

Manitoba to prepare for spring flooding

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Some major waterways in agricultural Manitoba are expected to spill their banks this spring, according to the provincial infrastructure department’s first official flood outlook for the year. Assuming normal weather conditions for the season, southern Manitobans can expect levels on the Red River south of the floodway to peak near 2011 levels, the department said. […] Read more
The goal of the Browning World Climate Bulletin isn’t to avoid flooding or drought but to prepare for what comes after.
Crops, Weather

Your business climate

Weather forecasts help you grow better crops. This climate forecast may do the same for your business

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Reading Time: 5 minutes On a list of factors influencing yield in corn and soybeans, weather is often cited as having the largest influence on hybrid or varietal performance in the field. Dr. Fred Below, a professor of crop physiology at the University of Illinois, has compiled two lists: the Seven Wonders of Corn Yield and the Six Secrets […] Read more
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General, Weather

Abrupt mid-March shift into spring predicted

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Winter conditions are expected to remain the norm across the Canadian Prairies through the middle of March, when a sudden pattern change brings an abrupt start to spring, according to the latest seasonal forecast from The Weather Network. The quick move from cold to warm conditions raises the risk of flooding in areas with a […] Read more

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